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Published in: Can Europe Make It?EU-Turkey deal
The statement by Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights.
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageProtection and pragmatism: the EU-Turkey refugee deal in historical perspective
The EU-Turkey refugee deal is just the latest effort of EU members trying to keep refugees out. A contribution to...
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Published in: HomeZombie politics: Europe, Turkey and the disposable human
Who will think of the EU as a global actor with normative power, now that it finds itself in the role of...
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Published in: HomeEurope in despair: refugee crisis and press freedom in Turkey
Europe 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 crisis
Erdogan 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 Calais
It 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 Lampedusa
The 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 Sicily
The ‘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 struggles
The 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 crisis
In 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 bordering
The 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 Syria
Today’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 group
We 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 Europe
After 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 here
Governments 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 link
Europe's deal with Turkey to solve its refugee crisis has little regard for the status of families like those of...