Is Spain facing a new migration crisis?
Aug 28, 2017 13:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The headlines state it clearly, and in capital letters. Migrant crisis: Spain rescues 600 people in busiest day, wrote the BBC. Spain rescues HUNDREDS of migrants crossing from Morocco, exclaimed the Express. According to...
How the European Union is making major strides fighting terrorism
Aug 28, 2017 13:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The Barcelona terrorist attacks have resulted in a range of commentary on the larger security role that Europe can and should play. Yet many of the proposed solutions dont take into account the reality of improving...
Refugia: a utopian solution to the crisis of mass displacement
Aug 07, 2017 15:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views
And still they come. An apparently endless flotilla of rubber dinghies filled with migrants and refugees making their way across the Mediterranean to Europe. As the numbers and visibility of this migration have gathered...
European citizens want information on migration – not higher walls
Aug 03, 2017 16:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Despite being bombarded with headlines about the migrant crisis facing Europe, little is really known about how European citizens perceive and experience migration in their daily lives. As part of our ongoing research weve...
Squatting against oppression: how refugees are fighting back against border controls
Jul 25, 2017 14:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
After surviving the perilous journey to Europe, migrants are met with two seemingly opposite responses. Increasingly, European governments are criminalising migration, militarising borders and expanding detention centres....
Immigrant youth help to build nations
Jun 30, 2017 17:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Immigrants and refugees, especially those from developing nations, are often portrayed by segments of the media and policy makers as an economic burden, a threat to our social cohesion and our way of life. However,...
How the spectre of Yugoslavia looms over EU's handling of the refugee crisis
Jun 17, 2017 16:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views
With peak season approaching for refugees making treacherous crossings to Europe, dont be surprised if we are told again that this is unprecedented. That would certainly be in keeping with what news organisations,...
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