Interview with Fernando Garlin Politis,conducted by Yoletty Bracho Could you give us a quick overview of Venezuelan migration in Latin America? More precisely, what is
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On the Balkan Route
On winter 2017 Adrian Foucher and I traveled in the Balkans, along the so-called “Balkan Route”, the purpose of this journey was to observe the
Read MoreOn the Balkan Route: Pernicious Effects of the E.U. Anti-Migration Policies
In 2015, over 800,000 people, most of them fleeing Syria, crossed the Aegean Sea on makeshift boats, leaving the Turkish coastline for Greek islands, then continuing to continental Greece, and finally, via the Balkan route, to Western Europe. Faced with the scale of these arrivals, two kinds of public policy were devised: the unilateral closure of borders and an agreement with Turkey. Based on the study of Belgrade informal camp, this analysis highlights the pernicious effects of those policies: the marginalization of part of the migrants and the development of circumventions practices that forced migrants to take more risks.
Read MoreExiled Between Two Authoritarianisms: the Sudanese Exiled in Cairo, from Hosni Mubarak to Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
“(…) The authoritarian syndrome persists within renewed political formulas.” – M. Camau[note]« Globalisation démocratique et exception autoritaire arabe », Critique internationale, n° 30, 2006, p.
Read MoreYarmouk: a War of All Against All
“Yarmouk has been living under siege for over 650 days; water and electricity have been cut for over 200 days… Yarmouk’s suffering is more than
Read MoreIsrael and its “Infiltrators”: Reflecting upon a political crisis
The anticipated elections in Israel, called for by Benjamin Netanyahu on the 2nd of December 2014 and voted by the Knesset on the 8th of that
Read MoreIraqi Christians
GASPARD THIEKARO Kidnapping, hostage taking, executions, bombings have punctuated the lives of Christians in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Their only solution is
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