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Published in: Mediterranean journeys in hopeAfghanistan's refugees: the politics of fear and hopeAfghans continue to hope for protection in Europe despite the launch of new campaigns to deter them from seeking sanctuary.
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Published in: Mediterranean journeys in hopeScholars support UN Refugee Global Compact: open letterThe EU is creating an ever-growing population of illegally detained refugees, including vulnerable men, women and...
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Published in: Mediterranean journeys in hopeThe limits of bordersBorders are constructed to separate people, but they become a permanent point of contact and violence between the two sides.
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Published in: Mediterranean journeys in hopeWhy Idomeni has a fairness problem to solveThe concept of distributive justice used when handing out food does little for fairness if the camp lacks the...
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Published in: Mediterranean journeys in hopeSustaining the global focus on migrationPrevious migration crises taking place outside Europe were unable to hold global attention. Now that Europe can't...
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Published in: Mediterranean journeys in hopeMediterranean crises: how many and for how long?Narratives of forced movements in the Mediterranean change according to the different political attempts to deal...
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Published in: Mediterranean journeys in hopeSealed lips, sealed borders: contemporary human mobility and the imperative of languageA call to rethink the language of migration in order to recognise the humans at the heart of migration debates.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?2016 will be remembered as the EU's year of shame2016 will be remembered as the year in which the European Union definitively broke the civilisation pact on which it...
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Published in: Mediterranean journeys in hopeCities of migrationLocal governments are developing creative ways of welcoming refugees into their cities, often despite national...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?From ‘migrant’ to ‘refugee’, our language has run dryMuch as the distended stomachs of starving children have stopped moving publics to action, so the abjection of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?More than a welcome: the power of citiesWhat is the scope for circumventing the national and EU deadlock over migration, and what role can cities, together...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Reasons for leaving: refugee stories from SamosThe term ‘economic migrant’ has been a key weapon in the authorities’ war against refugees, yet it hides much more...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The refugee camp that nobody wantsRight in the middle of Europe, thousand of refugees are living in disheartening conditions, without any help from...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe Danish refugee bill and what happens when you treat everyone the sameThe seizure of asylum seekers’ assets in Denmark confirms that the state sees refugees as economic burdens by...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The illegal kitchen spoon: the story of the Let's Help the Refugees Together groupWe only asked for shelter for a few hours while the worst storm raged, but no charity organizations or churches we...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery“Let us live or make us die!” Migrants’ challenge to their outlawryOn International Migrants Day, all liberal democratic states will reaffirm their respect for migrants' rights. This...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The “European refugee crisis”: why all migrants matterWith the closure of the Slovenian, Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian borders to all migrants who are not of Syrian,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Impressions from a Czech refugee detention centre"Leave everything valuable in your car or in a locker. They will try to steal it all," says the woman in charge of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe violence of the word refugeeWords have power. The meaning of the word ‘refugee’ must be challenged to represent the experiences of the millions...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why don’t Syrians stay in Turkey?Why are Syrian refugees leaving the relative safety of Turkey and choosing instead to undertake the dangerous...