Category Archives: Migration

May 20 2016

The EU’s Operation Sophia Has Failed to Make Conditions Safer for Refugees

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Posted in: Europe, Migration

By Mollie Gerver In June 2015 the EU instituted a naval force, the EUNAVFOR MED, to destroy boats used by people smugglers. Two months later, in August 2015, a German vessel rescued a pregnant Somali woman named Rahma Abukar Ali, … Continue reading →

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Apr 20 2016

The myths that are preventing us from solving the refugee crisis

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Posted in: Europe, Media, Migration

By Zoe Gardner The preventable deaths of another 400 people in the Mediterranean on Monday morning must be a wake-­up call. The British and European approach to the migrant and refugee humanitarian crisis simply isn’t working. For all of the … Continue reading →

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Apr 13 2016

From Hybrid Peace to Human Security: Rethinking EU Strategy towards Conflict

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Posted in: Balkans, Europe, Migration, Ukraine

A recent publication of likely interest to Euro Crisis in the Press readers is the The Berlin Report of the Human Security Study Group. Entitled ‘From Hybrid Peace to Human Security: Rethinking EU Strategy towards Conflict’, it was presented to … Continue reading →

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Mar 28 2016

The political ‘migration crisis’ and the military-humanitarian response

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Posted in: Europe, Italy, Media, Migration

By Pierluigi Musarò ‘We need more than a humanitarian response […] We need political leadership and action,’ Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said on 8 March 2016. Referring to the fact that ‘Europe is now seeing … Continue reading →

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Mar 21 2016

Europe’s Human Rights Crisis

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Posted in: Europe, Euroscepticism, Migration, Nationalism, Turkey, United Kingdom

By Natasha Saunders Fidelity to one’s principles is measured by how they are honoured in times of crisis. Hannah Arendt – a refugee who fled Nazi Germany and became one of the most influential political thinkers of the twentieth century … Continue reading →

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Feb 25 2016

The International Politics of the Refugee Crisis

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Posted in: Europe, Greece, Migration, Turkey, Vassilis Paipais

By Vassilios Paipais Last Wednesday, Vienna hosted a meeting of Balkan countries involving Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, FYROM, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia in divisive move that deliberately excluded the Greek government from decisions concerning the tackling of the mounting refugee … Continue reading →

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Feb 23 2016

A view from Europe’s borderland: As Europe vows stricter border controls, what’s at stake at the border?

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Posted in: Greece, Migration

By Myria Georgiou Six months is a long time in politics and this includes humanitarian politics in Europe. ‘Refugees welcome here’ (#Refugeeswelcomehere) was a catchphrase reflecting widespread sentiments and political will in Europe last summer and early autumn – a … Continue reading →

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Sep 21 2015

Can the EU be hospitable?

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Posted in: Europe, France, Germany, Migration, United Kingdom

By Jasmine Gani The recent refugee crisis in Europe has been an embarrassing and damaging episode for the EU, which prides itself on its humanitarian credentials.  The awful and tragic image of the little boy Alan Kurdi that went viral … Continue reading →

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Aug 28 2015

Fortress Europe: Cause or Consequence of Europe’s ‘Migrant Crisis’?

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Posted in: Europe, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Media, Migration, Turkey, United Kingdom

By Catherine Briddick Europe, it seems, is facing a ‘migration crisis’. This crisis is ‘testing’ for, amongst others, the British public, because, as our Prime Minister David Cameron explained in an interview with ITV News: you have got a swarm … Continue reading →

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Aug 20 2015

Syria’s Refugees: When did the West Become so Heartless?

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Posted in: Europe, France, Germany, Greece, Migration, Turkey, United Kingdom

By Christopher Phillips Recently I went to see Miss Saigon at the West End, a tragic musical set in the years after the Vietnam War. In one scene, the lead characters flee on a crowded boat full of migrants from … Continue reading →

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