The Politics of the Humanitarian Crisis in Europe
In the face of the horrors and the tragic loss of life, allowing or even encouraging the spread of chaos by yielding to blackmail is always the wrong policy.
Cosmopolitanism in Akkar? Why the Role of Host Families Is Significant
Lebanese hospitality has implications for thinking about humanitarianism, the relation between communities and the state, and communities and the international
Who is a Refugee?
The very idea of who counts as a refugee is at stake due to new political discourse, and that may have dangerous consequences for all those seeking asylum around the world.
Offshore Interdiction Operations and the Refugee Rights of Irregular Migrants
In fear that ISIL fighters might enter Europe as irregular asylum-seekers, EU policymakers are scrambling to implement new policies to prevent the arrival of these groups
Asylum Seeker and Refugee Policy in Australia Under the Abbott Government
Although successive Australian governments have sought to ‘stop the boats’, the current government has announced controversial ‘border protection’ policies that have attracted significant criticism.
Lampedusa and the ‘Crisis’ of Migration
If the response to migration is for Europe to make its southern border even more dangerous to cross and to detain more migrants in ever more appalling decisions, then we have lurched in the wrong direction.
Migrant Cosmopolitanism
Republican cosmopolitanism is only part of cosmopolitanism—the most reactionary part. The true agents and movers of cosmopolitan history and politics have always been, and continue to be, migrants.
Lebanon and the Syria Crisis
With Syria descending into all out civil war, neighboring Lebanon finds itself in a precarious spot. The Lebanese government’s equivocal stance may prove impossible to continue.
Dawn Of A New Era for the Forgotten Issue of Statelessness
2011 marked the culmination of a range of developments at national, regional and global levels which indicate that there is not just every reason for states to want to do more to address statelessness, but also that something can be done about it.
Assisting refugees in protracted refugee situations: A never-ending story?
The kind of assistance a refugee really needs is the right to work, to own property, to move freely and to participate in political processes. A short-term focus on the current humanitarian crisis in Dadaab needs to be accompanied by a recognition of the fact that those who live in the refugee camps face a protracted humanitarian crisis.
