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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

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

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

Refugee Solidarity in Truly Challenging Circumstances

September 18, 2018 · Andrew Galea Debono ·

There are currently around 24.5 million refugees from different countries around the world. One of the major paradoxes of our time is the acceptance by economically developing countries to host hundreds of thousands of refugees, whilst much richer ones are more concerned with building barriers to keep those in need out.

Tagged With: Africa, hospitality, human rights, migration, refugees

On How Not to Consider the Immigration Issue

July 31, 2018 · Michael Grech ·

The EU rhetoric heavily focuses on stopping smugglers from exploiting people and putting their lives at risk, instead of examining what induces them to seek the services of smugglers in the first place.

Tagged With: democracy, migration, refugees, social justice

You Too Might Need Help of a Rescue Mission One Day

July 27, 2018 · Raisa Galea ·

The crew of Sea Watch 3 urges the Maltese public to support their pledge to set them free. The only issue of the vessel and the only wrongdoing of the crew was saving lives—the lives that should be as valuable as ours, alas they seem not to be.

Tagged With: human rights, migration, refugees

The Fate of Migrant Boats is the Fate of Europe

June 12, 2018 · Francois Zammit ·

Had a humanitarian vessel been a luxury yacht with extra communitarian multi-millionaires, the Maltese ports would not only be flung open but would be providing them with all the necessary paperwork to turn them into Maltese citizens.

Tagged With: far-right, migrants, migration, nationalism, refugees

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