asylum + refugees
Through its Annual Risk Analysis Reports, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, also known as Frontex, disseminates a particular ideological view of migration and border control. This view seems to be based on a need to create a racialized, gendered, and illegitimate “other” to justify the border control services,
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Over 23 migrants or more fleeing war zones in sub-Saharan Africa were crushed to death in the Spanish enclave of Melilla by the security forces, who should have protected them – accusations the Spanish government denies. How are we to interpret the responsibility of Spain, as well as the EU
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Qatar is basking in the global spotlight as the host of the 2022 World Cup. Less prominently, it is the latest country to introduce an asylum law. Qatar’s new-found status as a global host, of football and of asylum seekers, serves to showcase the country, and boost its global reputation. ...
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International student refugees – students from countries outside the EU who were studying in Ukraine at the time when the war broke out, fled the same war as Ukrainian citizens. On arrival in Germany, however, they encountered differential treatment compared to Ukrainian refugees. Indeed, these third-country nationals have not been
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In recent times, within Europe, the massive inflow of asylum seekers is as unprecedented as the openness with which the Ukrainian ones are being welcomed. While structural racism is certainly at play, political interests and alignments between domestic, political ideologies and international relations also have a prominent role in the
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