![The Freedom to Relocate](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
“The sad truth is that those who have little reason to leave their birth countries are among the few born with the freedom to relocate.”…
![CRITIQUE: "Those Who Feel the Fire Burning"](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/files/2017/11/TWFTFB-300x140.jpg)
A storm suddenly passes as a group of migrants attempts to enter Europe by boat. One man goes overboard, separating from his family…
![How Do We Prevent History from Repeatings Itself?](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
The imagery of “Camp in the City” by Andrea Muehlebach is particularly powerful in the way it describes how modern day migrants are abused in the…
![Reducing Migrants to Their Border Crossing Experiences](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
“Catastrophes” by Cristiana Giordano explores the idea of the perceived temporality of the “migrant crisis”. Giordano explains how the perpetuation that the crisis (and the…
![Perception is Almost as Important as Truth](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
In Francesco Vacchiano’s piece, On Frequent Flyers and Boat People, Vacchiano addresses the narrative that there are too many bodies crossing borders, and how this…
![The Weight of the Word "Illegality"](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
For me, the essay “Illegality” and Deportability in Everyday Life by Nicholas P Genova provided strong evidence to prove something that I already held to…
![Migrants as Profit](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Throughout the entirety of Hotspots: What They Mean by Didier Fassin , I couldn’t help but take note of the language used to describe migrants and refugees…
![Privilege and Migration](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
For me, reading The Crossing was a very troubling experience for many reasons. The most notable part of this experience was observing how something as…
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