Migration

The Cruelty of Kafala: Immigrant Life in Kuwait

Lorcán Owens • May 18 2021 • Articles

Educating children and society that exploitation is immoral and demonstrating tolerance, equality and human dignity is the only way to end the Kafala mentality.

A Foucauldian Reading of the Global Compact for Migration

Anna Closas Casasampera • Apr 26 2021 • Articles

Understanding security in its larger function of ordering the social illuminates the exceptionality surrounding human mobilities and challenges concepts such as ‘border’, and ‘citizenship’.

The Compliance of Argentina’s Migration Law with Human Rights Discourse and Principles

Sabrina Andrea Avigliano • Apr 25 2021 • Articles

The Argentinian Republic is, at its core, a country of migrants. Yet, it is also subject to a shifting migration policy.

The Demonisation of Migrant Masculinities in British Politics

Lizzie Hobbs • Apr 20 2021 • Articles

The only way to stop the violence enacted on the border is through a collective politics rather than hierarchising migrants based upon constructed categories of deservingness.

Opinion – Venezuela’s Migrants and the Challenges of Trinidad and Tobago

Faies Jafar • Jan 31 2021 • Articles

In approaching the situation of irregular migration from Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago’s government needs to go beyond its norms in policy formulation and implementation.

‘No More Morias’: How the World’s Worst Refugee Camp Was Destined to Fail

Henrik Kjellmo Larsen and Eleanor Gordon • Dec 4 2020 • Articles

Rather than acting as a deterrent, Moria drastically affected the security, health and well-being of its residents.

Opinion – A New Pact on Migration and Asylum in Europe

Monika Kabata • Oct 9 2020 • Articles

As the European Union deliberates, migration to Europe won’t stop. The member states, sooner or later, will have to agree on the direction of migration policy.

Women, Peace and Security after Europe’s ‘Refugee Crisis’

Audrey Reeves and Aiko Holvikivi • Sep 28 2020 • Articles

Personal accounts deepen our understanding of the radical interconnectedness of violence against conflict-affected women taking place in both the North and the South, particularly along racial divides.

Achieving Just Migration Regimes Through Socialist Praxis

Raia Apostolova • Sep 22 2020 • Articles

To have just migration regimes, we need to revisit philosophies whose political primacy is rooted in the ideas of equality, internationalism and anti-racism.

Regional Responses to Venezuela’s Mass Population Displacement

Luisa Feline Freier and Soledad Castillo Jara • Sep 16 2020 • Articles

As migration has intensified, more restrictive policies have developed in Ecuador and Peru – while Colombia has maintained a relatively open approach.

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