EU politics
Euronews – EU supports repatriation of unaccompanied migrant minors from Ceuta to Morocco
Cruelty towards children has become official EU policy. Read the article HERE.
Migrants
EU politics
Jean-Michel Lafleur, Abdeslam Marfouk – What the public thinks about regularising undocumented migrants depends on how it is framed
Regularisation campaigns create more equal and just societies and have benefits for everyone, but the public doesn’t often hear that message. Jean-Michel Lafleur is the Director of the Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM) […]
EU politics
Polina Manolova – German Social Democrats Cast Low-Wage Migrants as Fraudsters
‘In today’s Germany, foreign populations are treated as disposable — desired for their labor but despised for who they are. That this is also the fault of SPD politicians shows what German Social Democracy has […]
Gig Economy
María José Carmona – Lies and deceit in precarious logistics work in the Netherlands
Spanish migrants are hired by temporary employment agencies to work in the Netherlands’ sprawling logistics hub, only to find that the reality of their working and living conditions is not what they were promised. María […]
EU politics
Eoghan Gilmartin – Migrant Deaths Off Spain’s Coast Are Worse Than Ever
‘At least 10,457 migrants died trying to reach Spain’s territory in 2024. The European Union’s crackdown on Mediterranean crossings has diverted African migrants toward the even more perilous Atlantic route, turning the ocean into a […]
EU politics
Vijay Prashad – The Unremarkable Deaths of Migrants Crossing the Sahara
Migrants are dying quietly in the Sahara long before they reach the Mediterranean, which is just how European leaders want it. Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, journalist, commentator, and Marxist intellectual. He is the […]
Racism
Maël Galisson – The path to the ‘small boats’ crisis is littered with past death
A deep insight into the lives of those trying to cross the English Channel, and why they choose to risk their lives doing so. Maël Galisson is an independent journalist focusing on migration and border […]
Climate Crisis
BBC: Greek fires rage after migrant tragedy near border
A deadly case study in how crises – in this case climate and refugees – interweave. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Binoy Kampmark – Deaths at sea: from the Titan to the Mediterranean
The Titan implosion was foolhardy exploration, the Greek shipwreck was an enormous disaster with the state’s fingerprints all over it – which is more significant for the media to focus coverage on? Binoy Kampmark was […]
EU politics
David Hearst: The Greek boat disaster was caused by Europe’s deals with dictators
The former colonial powers are feeding the very causes of regional, social and economic instability that create these refugee flows. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. Cross-posted from Middle East Eye […]