Thousands of people risk their lives daily by crossing borders in search of a better life. During 2015, over one million of these people arrived in Europe. Images of refugees in distress became headline news in what was considered to be the worst humanitarian crisis in Europe since 1945. This book provides a critical overview of recent migration flows and offers answers as to why people flee, what happens during their flight and investigates the various responses to mass migratory movements. Divided in two parts, the book addresses long-running academic, policy and domestic debates, drawing on case studies of migration in Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific. Coming from a variety of different fields, the contributors provide an interdisciplinary approach and open the discussion on the reasons why migration should be examined critically.
Critical Perspectives on Migration in the Twenty-First Century
Edited by: Marianna Karakoulaki, Laura Southgate & Jakob Steiner
Contributors: Sally Clark, Kamel Doraï, Susana Ferreira, Andriani Fili, Benjamin Hulme, Amadu Wurie Khan, Dora Kostakopoulou, Anitta Kynsilehto, Nicola Langdon, Emma Larking, Valsamis Mitsilegas, Thomas Nail, Özlem Özdemir and Jenny Poon.
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION
– Marianna Karakoulaki, Laura Southgate and Jakob Steiner
THE POLITICAL CENTRALITY OF THE MIGRANT
– Thomas Nail
THE CULTURAL ‘THERAPEUTICS’ OF SOVEREIGNTY IN THE CONTEXT OF FORCED MIGRATION
– Amadu Wurie Khan
MIGRATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS – EXPOSING THE UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS AS A FALSE PREMISE
– Emma Larking
FROM NARRATIVES TO PERCEPTIONS IN THE SECURITISATION OF THE MIGRATORY CRISIS IN EUROPE
– Susana Ferreira
EUROPE’S BARBWIRE FENCES: REFLECTIONS ON REPORTING THE REFUGEE CRISIS IN GREECE
– Marianna Karakoulaki
EMPATHY AND OTHERING: FRAMING SYRIA’S REFUGEE CRISIS IN THE BRITISH PRESS
– Nicola Langdon
CONFLICT AND MIGRATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST: SYRIAN REFUGEES IN JORDAN AND LEBANON
– Kamel Doraï
FORCED MIGRATION AND SECURITY THREATS TO SYRIAN REFUGEE WOMEN
– Özlem Özdemir
AUSTRALIA’S EXTRATERRITORIAL ASYLUM POLICIES AND THE MAKING OF TRANSIT SITES
– Sally Clark
CONTAINMENT PRACTICES OF IMMOBILITY IN GREECE
– Andriani Fili
SOLIDARITIES IN MIGRATION
– Anitta Kynsilehto
SOLIDARITY BEYOND THE STATE IN EUROPE’S COMMON EUROPEAN ASYLUM SYSTEM
– Valsamis Mitsilegas
EUROPEAN UNION MIGRATION LAW AND POLICY
– Benjamin Hulme & Dora Kostakopoulou
LEGAL RESPONSES TO THE EU MIGRANT CRISIS: TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE?
– Jenny Poon
