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Tag Archives: migrant crisis
Jun 14 2018
Italy’s Eurosceptic Turn
2 CommentsBy Roberto Orsi Italy has a new government. Matching the unprecedented results of the election of 4 March, this new government marks the beginning of something never seen before. Italy is the first country in the Western half of the … Continue reading
Posted by: June 14, 2018
Tagged with: migrant crisis, political failure
Mar 28 2016
The political ‘migration crisis’ and the military-humanitarian response
1 CommentBy 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
Posted by: March 28, 2016
Tagged with: border control, humanitarian emergency, humanitarian space, humanitarianism, immigration, migrant crisis, migrants, refugee crisis, refugees
Sep 21 2015
Can the EU be hospitable?
5 CommentsBy 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
Posted by: September 21, 2015
Tagged with: European identity, European Neighbourhood Policy, Mediterranean migrant crisis, migrant crisis, Schengen, Syrian refugees
Aug 28 2015
Fortress Europe: Cause or Consequence of Europe’s ‘Migrant Crisis’?
3 CommentsBy 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
Posted by: August 28, 2015
Tagged with: asylum, human rights, humanitarian visas, international law, Mediterranean migrant crisis, migrant crisis, migrants, refugee law, refugees, Syrian refugees, trafficking
Aug 20 2015
Syria’s Refugees: When did the West Become so Heartless?
1 CommentBy 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
Posted by: August 20, 2015
Tagged with: asylum, Mediterranean migrant crisis, migrant crisis, Syrian refugees, UNHCR, Vietnames boat people