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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe violence of the word refugee
Words 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?Orbán, Seehofer and the anti-immigration link
Why are the leaders of Hungary and Bavaria meeting up for talks in a German monastery?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFilm review: a Syrian love story
A Syrian Love Story is an intimate portrait of a Syrian family torn apart by war, especially moving and relevant in...
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Published in: HomeMigration: beyond "what people think"
A skewed debate on immigration has lost touch with reality and become fuel for fear, anxiety and prejudice. Never...
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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?The answer to the refugee crisis? A return to European ideals.
The refugee crisis is symbolic of the political crisis in Europe. To avoid systemic collapse, Europe must return to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDusting off the Sangatte playbook: a humane, practical course of action in Calais
Increased security at Calais might prevent migrants risking life and limb to get to the UK, but it will not deal...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDreams of return find new meaning on Zaatari's third anniversary
The permanence of the Zaatari Syrian refugee camp in Jordan is not accepted by all, but is a truth that is...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryTwisting the 'lessons of history' to authorise unjustifiable violence: the Mediterranean crisis
More than 300 slavery and migration scholars respond to those advocating for military force against migrants...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe wretched of the sea: an Algerian perspective
The securitisation of immigration control has failed to solve the migrant crisis because it ignores the root cause:...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe dilemmas of migration and the alternatives
Normal 0 false false false NO-BOK ZH-CN X-NONE Force and denial are not going to solve the migrant crisis—instead we...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDesperate people, hazardous escapes
Those fleeing violent conflict or brutal repressive regimes, facing darkness and terror as they journey from home to...
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Published in: openSecuritySecuritisation not the response to deaths at sea
The European Union has responded to the humanitarian crisis presented by refugee deaths in the Mediterranean—but...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow many people have to die before we start talking responsibly about immigration?
Last week’s deaths in the Mediterranean were directly linked to xenophobic politics in Britain.
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Published in: openSecurityCrisis in the Mediterranean: Europe must change course
As leaders of European Union member states prepare to meet to discuss the Mediterranean refugee crisis, the Council...
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Published in: openSecurityWhat the EU must do now to halt this tragedy on its shores
There are answers to the Mediterranean migrant-deaths crisis. They just require the European Union, whose foreign...
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Published in: 50.50Lampedusa: Never again
The terrible migrant deaths off the Italian island have evoked horror across the continent. In a small camp in...
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Published in: openSecurityEurope's war on migrants
The unending series of mass drownings in the Mediterranean of migrants and refugees are not unfortunate tragedies:...
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Published in: 50.50The new Sangatte: rights pushed out of sight
In the context of escalating police violence and local racism, the new day centre for migrants in Calais, France is...
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Published in: openSecurityMigrants in the Mediterranean: mourning deaths, not saving lives
For as long as the humanitarian impulse to rescue the desperate and the destitute is trumped by Europe’s focus on...