“As long as people are fleeing, we will try to rescue them.”
It’s shocking to see how much time and effort state agencies put into combating sea rescues.
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States & Borders
Projecting Fear, Projecting Folly
Right now we’re seeing increasing division and fear defining our politics. We can find another political narrative that re-frames that relationship. We may already be on our way, but it’s clearly not an easy task.
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What Happened to Open Borders and Abolishing ICE?
There is no correlation between harsh and inhumane policies meant to “deter” migrants and whether or not they will actually migrate. That’s a risk they are willing to take because they are running for their lives, and they still strongly believe that they can build a better life for themselves and their families.
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The Balkanroute, Three Years On
Traversing the Balkanroute is much more daunting now: double layered electrified fences, vigilante guards, virtually no state support for migrants. The biggest winners from the militarization of borders appear to be smugglers and corrupt government officials.
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The Camp System Coming to America
Is there somewhere we can put them where they won’t attract as much attention? That’s how Australia ended up with Nauru. I could see that happening in the US very easily and very quickly.
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Borders Are the Crisis
Movement is a part of human life, and it always has been. People move out of need, but they also move out of curiosity. Treating that as a problem to be gotten rid of is what causes these great crises.
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Sinking Dreams
The rescue boat is still a long way off, at least two minutes away. I can see through the spray of the sea that it is coming as fast as it can. But it is too late for us.
Them’s the Rules
For all the money spent by the EU supposedly to provide services for refugees, it is the refugees themselves who are carrying the burden of the mental health disasters in the camps.
The Freedom to Go Anywhere
As long as there are individual states, there will be borders that determine which state is responsible for which section of the Earth’s surface. But there is no reason to assume that these borders must be “closed.”
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Sea Rescue Operation to EU: Explain Yourself
After three days of complex operations in the central Mediterranean, SOS Méditerranée calls on European and international authorities to clarify framework underlying Libyan Coastguard interventions
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