![Legality vs Illegality](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
While reading through the articles what dawned on me the most was the binary of illegality and legality in terms of migration however those same…
![Birth and Borders](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Dr. Alexander’s article, “The freedom to move isn’t a basic human right,. It depends on where you’re born” completely opened my eyes to the pre-determined…
![Who Owns the Sea?](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/files/2017/11/sea-470x140.jpg)
After reading about the origins of maritime interdiction in Kahn’s piece, I cannot say that I am surprised at the extent countries with power will…
![The war on the water](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
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…
![The Troubling History of "Innocence"](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/files/2017/11/bf-470x140.jpg)
Miriam Ticktin once again brings forth the detriment that categorization causes for the group that does not fit the mold of “deservingness”. The image of…
![The New, Terrifying, Source of Hope](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
The article Camp in the City spoke about the parallels that refugees and migrants face when they enter the another nation: they stay in a…
![The Cost of Political Recognition](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
“One can either be a citizen or a human but not both.” (44) This statement in Miriam Ticktin’s paper “Where ethics and politics meet:…
![The Dangers of Humanitarianism](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/files/2017/10/Humanitarianism--235x140.jpg)
The use of the politics of humanitarianism to degrade humans into bodies that are viewed as less than human in France is not something that…
![The "Catastrophe" of People Smuggling: EU Version](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
I watched the VICE video “People Smuggling in Sicily” and was exposed to an entirely new side of the trafficking business – the land smuggling…
![Migrant or Prisoners ?](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Upon watching the video Europe Or Die – Trapped In Bulgaria, there was a particular scene that really stuck with me. This scene happened around 3:48…
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