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Published in: Home: OpinionIt’s great that universities are pulling out of the border industry at last
OPINION: Unis profit from violence against migrants. More should follow Cardiff Met’s lead and say no to dirty cash
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The meaning of the refugee crisis
"One is reminded of the beautiful summer days of 1944, when tens of thousands of Jews were forcibly marched to their...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Right-Wing soft power, the refugee crisis and Europe’s failure
The fact that Syriza was crucified more often and with more intensity than Viktor Orbán speaks volumes in itself. It...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Looking through the fence: Hungary's refugee psyche
The Hungarian reaction to the refugee crisis has caused a media storm. But before we join in the castigation, let's...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Tear gas at the EU’s border
The chloropicrin agent used as a popular pesticide belongs historically to the same family of toxic irritants used...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Refugees in CEE: why the lack of compassion?
The generic space of "Central and Eastern Europe" is castigated for its lack of compassion. But can we get under the...
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Published in: TransformationFive ways ordinary people are helping refugees in Calais
As the humanitarian crisis in Calais grows, the media is increasingly dominated with tales of savagery and menace in...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?My mother: the shameless refugee
The current story of mass migration to Europe awakens the memories of other great migrations in the past.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Europe's refugee-love
Fear pushes us to know the social and political determinations of refugees from a right-wing perspective ('are they...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The argument against compassion: Europe and the refugees
These justifications seem to be logically weak: the problem, however, is that they capture the imagination of large...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why I am going to Kos
After seeing images of children's bodies washed up on European shores, I made a decision to go to one of the main...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Open Letter to the EU, EU Member-States and the Extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council called for September 14, 2015
The undersigned researchers, faculty, staff and alumni of the European University Institute wish to express our...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Refugees on the Greek shores: a humane response
Dealing with the refugee crisis has become part of the Greek political parties’ agenda due to the forthcoming...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?With eyes on Europe, we are forgetting those still crossing
Instead of focusing on this humanitarian crisis, governments in Europe, the United States and Canada are only...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Where to now? Governing the migration crisis in the Mediterranean
It is through dialogue, not wars, that Europe can work towards alleviating the humanitarian crisis that is apparent...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?People's Armada: fund a rescue boat
Perhaps the people will react faster than the state: the People's Armada is crowdfunding a new vessel to undertake...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Borderland Europe and the challenge of migration
We tend to think that the external limits of the European Union define the 'real' borders of Europe, which is a mistake.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Fighting the wrong battle: Central Europe’s crisis is one of liberal democracy, not migration
The hostile response of central and eastern European heads of states to the prospect of accepting Syrian refugees is...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Walking in the sun: refugees on Samos island
The issue of making refugees walk 20 or 25 kms in the blazing heat is just one example amongst many that...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Europe’s refugee crisis: bridges, not fences, are the answer
The inability of the European Union to agree a meaningful response to the current migrant crisis is not only...