“I used to really miss my family and my home in Syria, but not anymore. I have lost my family and simply see no point in life. I even think it would have been better had I been with my family the day the bomb fell on my house.”
Refugee Stories in Russia Read More »
Observations of a visitor to the (in)famous refugee encampment the week of its “eviction.” It’s not what you think; it’s worse than you think.
“There will always be another Jungle.” Read More »
Each day rolls into the next, and SNAFU remains the reality. We must all pull together.
Winter Is Coming Again, and Everything Is Still Fucked Read More »
People issued bounding orders are being criminalized and humiliated, receiving a punishment amounting essentially to indefinite detention.
How to Build an Invisible Prison Read More »
The informal policing performed by the big humanitarian groups doesn’t save migrants from the risk of deportation, and it forces them to accept being controlled in order to receive the bare minimum needed to survive.
Charity, the Perfect Alibi for the Expulsion Machine Read More »
It seems that state authorities, their liberal critics, and the vigilante groups share a common narrative.
Bulgarian Migrant-Hunters and Their Apologists Read More »
A year after Aylan Kurdi made the EU border crisis famous, a film to remind us of the intense times that followed (and, though mutilated, continue).
Cinema Utopia: Exile 2.0 Read More »
We need to stop saying “Just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse…” Who seriously thinks it can’t get any worse? Still, there are things we can do–or rather, not do.
There is a new migrating subject who does not exist in the eye of the law. She is the victim of forced displacement that happens where there is no war.
Dead Land, Dead Water Read More »
If there is nothing dramatic to report, there is no media. But to live with this tumor in our midst is distressing in the extreme for both the refugees and many islanders. The system is foul and dangerous and criminal. Change is desperately needed.
Dispatch from Samos: Greece is a Pressure Cooker Read More »
