Birthrights

Birthrights

It’s disappointing that this world has the belief that we should all have equal and human rights, yet from the day a person is born,…

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Critique - I Came By Boat

Critique – I Came By Boat

Critique – I Came By Boat The photo campaign “I Came by Boat” is an Australian based public awareness campaign. The campaign aims to, “raise…

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Accounts of "Borderscape"

Accounts of “Borderscape”

In the article, “The Caribbean Roots of European Maritime Interdiction” by Jeffery Kahn, I was first struck by the hook he opens with to capture…

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Fear and Migration

Fear and Migration

The articles this week covered the principles of human rights. While migration has historically been a fundamental human right dating back to the roots of…

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The Freedom to Relocate

The Freedom to Relocate

“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.”…

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The innocence of all

The innocence of all

While intended to mobilize action, the function of innocence in our view of the migrant, as Ticktin argues, only further contributes to limited and harmful…

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Critique | Choose your own escape route

Critique | Choose your own escape route

BBC’s Syrian Journey: Choose your own escape route is an online interactive experience, which aims to put an individual in the shoes of a Syrian…

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Borders and Innocence

Borders and Innocence

In a group interview, someone asked if borders are necessary and if we should have them. This question may seem like it has a simple answer,…

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Innocence and Migrants

Innocence and Migrants

Miriam Ticktin’s “What’s Wrong with Innocence” puts in one place a set of complete and coherent thoughts relating to the idea of innocence and what…

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Understanding the Similarities

Understanding the Similarities

In Miriam Ticktin’s, What’s Wrong with Innocence, I was able to understand some of the deeper roots of sympathy and reasons for political and personal…

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