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Published in: HomeEurope in despair: refugee crisis and press freedom in TurkeyEurope needs to show that it actually cares about the cornerstones of democracy by putting pressure on Ankara to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Extend-and-pretend comes to the refugee crisisErdogan is not doing this just for the money. Turkey is legitimately concerned about its security situation and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The transience and persistence of the ‘jungle’ in CalaisIt is at once an informal encampment of makeshift shelters; a town under construction, with shops, restaurants and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The EU hotspot approach at LampedusaThe hotspot works as a preemptive frontier, with the double goal of blocking migrants at Europe’s southern borders,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Hotspot system as a new device of clandestinisation: view from SicilyThe ‘hotspot’ system for migrants remains an experiment, but it entails the implementation at the national level of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Mediterranean migration crisis: transit points, enduring strugglesThe fracturing demands a rethink of the terms usually employed for describing migration movements, such as ‘route’...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The failure of empathy: European responses to the refugee crisisIn contrast to official policies, there has been a wide array of responses seeking to support and welcome refugees...
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Published in: 50.50Why aren't European feminists arguing against the anti-immigrant right?European feminists struggle to navigate a contentious cultural debate as political elites, Pegida and the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKChanging the racialized ‘common sense’ of everyday borderingThe out-sourcing of border-guarding is not (just) going to paid expert agencies but is imposed as part of the unpaid...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow to support SyriaToday’s London conference might make a start by assessing the world’s catastrophic failure to stop the carnage in...
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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: North Africa, West AsiaWaiting in limbo: a human security perspective on the refugee crisis in EuropeAfter a long negotiation process, the European Union has hammered together a plan to admit 120,000 Syrian refugees....
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Published in: Shine A LightRed doors made asylum seekers targets for abuse. Deliberate?Why did UK commercial contractors G4S and Jomast paint asylum seekers’ doors red? Why did they ignore complaints for years?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWe cannot help you hereGovernments and international organisations need to pay special attention to the needs of refugees with disabilities...
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Published in: HomeA day out in Calais
An anthropologist's day in "The Jungle", the patch of land in Calais that brings shame to British and French governance
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Published in: HomeTurkey and refugee rights: the missing linkEurope's deal with Turkey to solve its refugee crisis has little regard for the status of families like those of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe movement of refugees to Europe will continue, regardless of how dangerous EU states make itUntil the war ends and concerted international efforts to rebuild Syria and Iraq are implemented, the root causes of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?In a world of commonplace horrors, how do we talk about the refugee crisis?All summer, the news has broadcast images of overloaded boats, discarded life-jackets, and dead children on...
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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...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
