![The Economic Value of Migrants](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/files/2017/09/MCCP2-470x140.jpg)
After the discussions in class and the readings for this week, I have realized that the economic benefits which migrants can bring plays a role…
![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…
![Empathy or Negligence?](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Although many times we do not realize, there are many injustices in the world. Since we live in a first world country, the majority of…
![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…
![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,…
![The Promise of Something Better](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Although I had been exposed to “The Burning” clips multiple times before, when we watched it in class on Tuesday I was still overcome with…
![A Call to Humanize](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/files/2017/09/inline_Welch_fg04.jpg)
In “Time Out of Joint”, Welch describes how Larsen’s End of Dreams figures, lost in the necroregion of the Mediterranean, reflect the uncertain identities and…
![When do we take action?](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Larsen’s End of Dreams exhibit, a powerful piece within itself, is also eerily similar to the plight of the millions of refugees from Northern Africa…
![Subhuman or Superhuman?](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/themigrantandrefugeecrisis/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
“Don’t let your body feel the pain. Pain will slow you down.” From my growing knowledge in science over these past 3 years, I could…
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