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Racist Rants, ‘Authentic Emotions’ and Fake News

August 20, 2020 · Kathrin Schödel ·

Racist sentiments are often classified as the ‘real’ feelings of ‘the people’, a daring protest against a superficial veneer of political correctness, as authentic voices of the silent majority. The anti-racist in contrast is typically construed as unwilling to understand these deep feelings. But is this so?

Tagged With: hate speech, integration, migration, racism

Il-Pesta tas-Soċjetà Moderna

June 10, 2020 · Kurt Borg ·

Filwaqt li nifhem li din il-pandemija ġabet magħha diffikultajiet ġodda, urietna b’mod iktar ċar ix-xquq li kienu diġà preżenti fis-sistema ekonomika u politika dominanti qabel inqala’ dan kollu.

Tagged With: COVID-19, democracy, migration

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

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

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

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

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

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