borders

“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?”

- William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

This week’s front page editor

Francesc Badia i Dalmases is Editor and Director of democraciaAbierta.

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

I am not a criminal, I am an artist

Maria Daïf 6 February 2019

The story of three Moroccan dancers who despite having valid Visas, were refused entry, locked up, and deported by the Dutch authorities.

The Central Asian valley where borders dissolve in grassroots cooperation

Diana Mamatova 7 December 2018

Sandwiched between three Central Asian states, people living on all sides of the Ferghana Valley are overcoming securitisation – through everyday cooperation.

Brother, where art thou? Libya, spaces of violence and the diffusion of knowledge

Stefan Salomon 9 October 2017

The decreasing number of migrants arriving on Italian shores does not mean that the people stopped fleeing persecution, violence, or poverty, but simply stopped arriving. Where are they?

DSEI: A supermarket for state surveillance and border wars

Amy Hall and Sara Woods 6 September 2017

As borders are increasingly militarised and their operation privatised, migration, more than ever before, is also an anti-militarist struggle.

Gaza border controls: frustration, despair and death

Louise Brown 17 August 2017

This summer how many people will drive, walk, or take a train and barely realise that they have crossed a border? How many people will know about the 2 million residents of Gaza that don’t have that right?