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The Mediterranean Migration Crisis Part One: The Picture and the Thousand Words
Written by Dragos C. Costache
If there is a word for the week of April 13th 2015, that word is tragedy. Not just a tragedy for the more than one thousand migrants and asylum seekers that drowned in search of a better life in Europe, not just a tragedy for their families, but a tragedy […]
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The threat of ISIS and Italy’s fear of others
Written by Mateusz Mazzini
Picture: Lampedusa by Noborder Network, Flickr (CC BY 2.0) In the light of recent expansion of the Islamic State in the zones of Tripoli and Tobruk, Italy became the next frontline country in the crusade against Islamic extremism. Rome fears terrorist strikes, calls up for a NATO intervention, but […]
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“No boats for 100 days:” The human cost of Operation Sovereign Borders
Written by Dominika Ricardi
The Australian government boasts that no asylum seeker boats have arrived in over 100 days. Yet these questions remain unanswered: how many boats have been turned back?, where have they ended up?, and at what cost? Despite having earned a reputation as one of the most prosperous, democratic and multicultural nations […]
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French Hostility to Immigration and Minorities: It’s the economy, stupid?
Written by Craig James Willy
Across Europe, governments in recent years have been increasingly hostile to immigration. British Prime Minister David Cameron was noted for a factually-questionable anti-immigration speech in March and German Chancellor Angela Merkel the same month vetoed Bulgaria and Romania’s accession of the Schengen Area of free movement of persons. As Corina […]
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In Travel We Trust: A Way of Life for Many Russians
Written by Masha Egupova
‘Where are you from?’ is the first question everyone asks you. It’s a question I can’t stand. Explaining my origins and identity takes a long time. Why? Well, I was born in Vladivostok, a small city in the far east of Russia. I’ve lived in Tel Aviv, Budapest, Cairo […]
