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Treating the ‘Other’ as Disease: Ħal Far Open Centre as a Zone of Contagion

April 29, 2020 · Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone & Daniel Vella ·

The armed presence along the perimeter of Ħal Far—essentially, the border between ‘us’ and ‘them’—was a display of state power and a pretense of care for its loyal citizens. At once, it disciplined the diseased ‘other’ and fenced the rest off from it.

Tagged With: COVID-19, democracy, discrimination, migrants, migration, racism

Snapshots from Marsa: a Community at the Border

May 4, 2019 · William Grech ·

Discussion about integration in Marsa must necessarily begin by understanding the social context and take into account the existing boundaries and divisions among the Marsa residents themselves.

Tagged With: integration, migrants, migration, refugees

Fighting for Democracy in Sudan: Sudanese Migrant Association Speaks Out

January 27, 2019 · Mussa Abbass ·

The Sudanese Migrant Association in Malta urges all members of the United Nations and the Security Council to stop collaboration with the Sudanese government

Tagged With: democracy, migrants, Sudan, Sudanese Migrant Association

Asylum Seekers: Burden, Cheap Labour or … Human Beings?

January 19, 2019 · Daiva Repečkaitė ·

The asylum applicants are met with two contradictory demands: to be traumatised and persecuted enough to be recognised as refugees, and to be physically and emotionally fit in order to contribute to the host country’s economy.

Tagged With: employment, exploitation, Labour, migrants, migration, refugees

Regardless of Season, Playing Ping-Pong with People’s Lives is Unacceptable!

January 7, 2019 · Mina Tolu ·

When we focus our arguments on the bad weather and on the Christmas season, we downplay the significance and severity of the actual issue, which then fades from the fore of public debates.

Tagged With: democracy, human rights, migrants, migration

A Closer Look At The Rescue Vessel Berthed In Limbo

August 9, 2018 · Joanna Demarco ·

Detained Sea Watch 3 also serves as temporary home to its crew members. Sea rescue is not just about misery and suffering. There is space for hope and fun too. Toys, washing lines and origami birds in the engineer’s cabin are also part of a rescue vessel.

Tagged With: migrants, migration, sea rescue

Spectres are Haunting Europe A Film by Maria Kourkouta/Niki Giannari, Reviewed

July 25, 2018 · Kathrin Schödel ·

If refugees and migrants do not simply “become like us”, forgetful of a system which will keep producing its outcasts, the ‘vanguard’ of refugees may become the sign of a new beginning, of the possibility of a different world.

Tagged With: democracy, migrants, migration, utopia, Utopian Nights

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