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Malta’s Poverty Wages: Legal to Pay, Illegal to Support a Family

January 4, 2020 · Daiva Repečkaitė ·

If Maltese institutions claim that anything below the average wage is a poverty wage, isn’t it time for other authorities to take action? If below-average wages effectively discriminate against those with dependent family members, why is it legal for employers to pay such wages?

Tagged With: freedom of movement, migration, worker's rights

Our Top 15 Essays of 2019

December 28, 2019 · The IotL Magazine ·

In Malta, 2019 brought political crisis, but also stirred democratic mobilization. These essays, best-loved by our readers and editors, grasp the essence of the year.

Tagged With: Daphne Caruana Galizia, democracy, freedom of movement, public space, worker's rights

All You Need to Know about Migration and Borders

January 31, 2019 · The IotL Magazine ·

The experience of migration is turned into a problem for those forced to or wishing to migrate—if they are seen and treated as ‘problematic’ migrants; for those who are welcomed as privileged expats, the story is different.

Tagged With: borders, freedom of movement, human rights, migration, sea rescue, sympathy

Building Walls: Fear and Securitization in the European Union

January 30, 2019 · European Alternatives ·

The report from Transnational Institute reveals that member states of the European Union and Schengen Area have constructed almost 1000 km of walls, the equivalent of more than six times the total length of the Berlin Wall.

Tagged With: borders, far-right, freedom of movement, mass surveillance, migration, security

The Past, Present and Future of Free Movement in the EU

November 27, 2018 · Dawid Krawczyk & Anthony Valcke ·

In theory, EU citizens are entitled to free movement around the entire community. What does this look like in practice?

Tagged With: European Union, freedom of movement, migration

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