![Human Capital: What Does It Mean?](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/files/2017/09/payment-082717-470x140.png)
From the start of the focus on displaced people post-World War II, the economic potential of migration has consistently been a focus of Eurowestern powerhouses….
![The High Cost of Stigma and Profit Motives](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/files/2017/09/refugee-pregnancy-470x140.jpg)
As I read the “Hot Spots” article (Fassin), my first thoughts jumped to the idea that the European countries in question, and more broadly the…
![Poor Mental Health / PTSD Coupled With UNHCR Interviews](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/files/2017/09/UNHCR-470x140.png)
After reading both the article on the treacherous journey as well as the article on hot spots within the EU, I thought they…
![Why keep trying?](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
While reading the article titled “For African Asylum-Seekers, a Treacherous Journey Is Only the Beginning” I was grieved by the lack of consideration and care…
!["Human" Rights](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
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”…
![Mental Health and Empathy](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Reflecting upon our past class discussion and this week’s readings, I have gained newfound insight on the power of vulnerability and how this can influence…
![The Hidden “Crises”](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
After reading these three articles, an unfortunate reality that has upset me for a while now exists as an underlying topic that spans each one….
![Truths Versus Common Perceptions](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Bambino’s story reminds me if the extreme lack of participation global citizens take in order to work towards remedying situations such as this one. There…
![Surviving the Crossing](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
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…
![Death by Political Exclusion](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
What struck me as most profound in Larsen’s End of Dreams was not the human-shape figures themselves or the eerie dark-blue shadings of the images,…
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