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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Populist snapshots: Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) in the European Parliament
This article looks at the basic framing devices of the Austrian Freedom Party's rhetoric in the European parliament,...
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Published in: HomeMigration and class - an honest discussion
There is a need to have an open and honest debate about migration and its effect on the UK. The first hurdle however...
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Published in: openSecurityTip of the iceberg: European migration policy in Greece and the Euro-elections
Many people will be affected by the results of the Euro-elections in Greece and across the continent—including those...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Human rights violations in immigration enforcement at the external borders of the EU
Human rights violations in immigration enforcement at the external borders of the EU are almost a daily phenomenon....
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Published in: openSecurityNot polished enough! Have Swedes had enough of the far right?
In an increasingly unequal Sweden, the far right has been able to capitalise on growing insecurity for its...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Who are the new Euro-believers?
Why is the variety of citizen narratives on Europe going unheard? What will it take? That ordinary people are...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?‘We are here to stay and we won’t shut up’: Lampedusa in Hamburg’s indomitable fight for rights
For those people who stood on that thin cusp between survival and becoming a casualty of war, the consequences of...
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Published in: openSecurityNo limits to brutality: deaths at the Greece-Turkey borders
People who fetch up at the borders between Greece and Turkey are treated as if they were less than human, in...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Europe’s spectacle of compassion for migrants
The EU approach exploits what is effectively a loophole in international law. If a person never reaches the EU...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKImmigration is a human right
Not only should we all have the right to move, but other vital rights are dependent upon it.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Swiss vote to curb immigration, and what it means for Europe
On February 9, Swiss voters narrowly approved the reintroduction of quotas on immigration, damaging Swiss-EU...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Euro elections 2014: You Tell Us (17/02/14) Part One
Young bloggers from across the EU tell us what's on their minds. Leading this week are the issues of migration,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Between exit and voice: refugees' stories from Lampedusa to Hamburg
European politics currently serves to reinforce the ‘Fortress’, leaving refugees vulnerable and futureless, battling...
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Published in: openSecurityUndocumented migrants: time to change the European discourse
Most undocumented migrants in Europe are not products of irregular entry and humanitarian crises such as that at...
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Published in: HomeGeorgia and migration: a policy trap
Europe's politics of migration control are being exported to Georgia with potentially dangerous results, says Gavin Slade.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Britain’s Gypsy moral paranoia
If only the politicians and journalists would try to understand a bit more not only the lives of Roma migrants, but...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Beyond Lampedusa: from the globalisation of indifference to collective mobilisation?
If we could think and mobilize globally for the environment, what exactly is it that impedes the international...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Missing the boat: Europe's asylum and immigration crisis
While there are no quick and easy answers to Europe’s asylum and migration dilemma, there are some constructive...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Lampedusa, Italy and the EU
After the recent tragedy in Lampedusa, a number of politicians and commentators have claimed that what Italy needs...