Why are some migrants seen as more deserving than others?
By James Nicol Since the re-election of the Coalition government in Australia’s federal elections scarcely more than week ago, a number of reports coming out of Nauru and Manus Island have indicated a significant spike in suicide attempts and incidents of self-harm by...
How can we explain the current wave of anti-immigrant sentiment?
By James Nicol Whatever our feelings on the matter, we cannot escape the fact that the question of immigration has become the defining political issue of our time. International migration continues to rise year upon year, largely from poor countries to rich,...
Aid and diplomacy, not tear gas: What should we do do address the Central American Migrant Crisis?
By Kai Thaler On Sunday, the US Border Patrol fired tear gas into Mexico at migrants, including children, attempting to enter the US near the San Ysidro border crossing between Tijuana and San Diego. The use of a chemical weapon banned in war against families rightly...
Why does the migrant caravan exist? And how did it come to be?
By Jerry Flores On Oct. 19, thousands of Central American migrants tried to cross the bridge between Guatemala and Mexico, seeking safety up north. News outlets broadcast the painful moans of people being crushed one against the other and the screams of children. We...
The loss of personhood: Identity in refugee camps
By India-Mae Osborne India-Mae Osborne looks at the harrowing and dehumanising experiences of migrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers in the displaced persons camp system. When war erupted between Russia and Georgia in 2008, an estimated 150,000 refugees fled, many...
Human Rights vs. State Policy: Greece’s Refugee Containment Camps
By India-May Osborne India-Mae Osborne analyses the refugee crisis in Greece and the treatment of migrants and asylum-seekers. Over 1 million displaced peoples fled Asia, Africa and the Middle East for Europe in 2015 alone. By April of 2016, this number had increased...Subscribe by Email
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