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Asylum in a Climate-Changed World: Bridging the Protection Gap in the EU

January 8, 2020 · Maria Giovanna Manieri ·

Climate change and the consequential natural disasters have become common drivers of migration—a phenomenon that will be further exacerbated as the climate crisis continues. Does the EU legislature address this issue?

Tagged With: climate change, human rights, migration, refugees

I am a Maltese Woman and I’m Married to a Black Man

July 31, 2019 · Lara Bezzina ·

Strangers’ prying eyes frighten me now. After the horrendous murder of Lassana Cisse, I became, for the first time, worried about my husband’s safety. I fear for his life.

Tagged With: human rights, migration, racism

Unmarked Graves and a Marble Knot: Memory and Migration in Malta

April 18, 2019 · Kathrin Schödel ·

The fact that deaths in the Mediterranean and the suffering of people migrating have been regular news items for years should not lead to a normalisation of this situation.

Tagged With: democracy, human rights, migration

The Curse (Malédiction)

February 26, 2019 · Hassan Yassin ·

A poem by Hassan Yassin.

Tagged With: discrimination, human rights, migration, poetry

The Road to Repeal: How Ireland Said ‘Yes’

February 18, 2019 · Beatrice White ·

On May 25, 2018, the people of Ireland voted overwhelmingly in favour of repealing the 8th amendment of the Irish Constitution—the article that had hitherto made it effectively impossible to legislate for abortion even in the most extreme of circumstances.

Tagged With: abortion, human rights, reproductive 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

‘Deserving’ vs ‘Undeserving’: Refugees vs Economic Migrants

January 15, 2019 · Daiva Repečkaitė ·

Suffering seems to be an obligatory justification to enter Europe. In a fairer and more balanced system, economic migrants would have not had to take a perilous journey just to find work. But if trauma is the expectation, they get traumatised, too.

Tagged With: human rights, migration, poverty, social justice

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