The war on the water

The war on the water

The piece on European maritime interdiction was especially enlightening on the initial roots and beginnings of borders at sea. While disheartening, it was not surprising…

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The "Deserving" Refugee

The “Deserving” Refugee

I found Ticktin’s piece about innocence especially expressive. She touches on many of the complexities we’ve discussed in class about the way migrants and refugees…

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Responses to Refugees

Responses to Refugees

I found the article “Camp in the City” really articulate of many problems migrants/refugees face beyond the more obvious or immediate ones. The social stigma…

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Italy's Migrant Situation

Italy’s Migrant Situation

The Vice video discusses the “graveyard” that is the Medditarrean sea and Italy’s role in (not) preventing these deaths. The video also deals with detention…

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Global Migration Film Festival -- Critique

Global Migration Film Festival — Critique

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) or UN Migration Agency held a Global Migration Film Festival in December 2016 and will be holding one in…

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Asylum in Greece

Asylum in Greece

I found extremely interesting how the “refugee crisis” falls more heavily on certain nations rather than others. In the case of Greece specifically, a country…

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"Human" Rights

“Human” Rights

The readings and our class discussion brought about many questions about human rights. In a development studies class I took, we discussed what type of “human”…

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Surviving the Crossing

Surviving the Crossing

After reading “The Crossing” I was immediately curious about life after a ‘successful’ crossing and what exactly happened to those who were lucky enough to…

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