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Immigration

Sadism towards migrants on the Polish-Belarusian border and Poland’s political theater

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Belarus
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You have most likely not heard about the humanitarian crisis on the borders of Belarus and Poland, as well as Belarus and Lithuania and Latvia. This is because, as soon as the news went viral,...

Warfare on the borders of EU: hybrid-legality and a chance for the Left?

Andris Šuvajevs
Belarus
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In early August, the government of Latvia declared a state of emergency on the border with Belarus. Included in this measure was a decision to not accept any asylum claims. While the emergency measure is...

EU’s externalization of borders enables geopolitical power plays using migrants as political pawns

Vladimir Mitev
European Union
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Ahlam Chemlali, is a PhD Fellow at DIIS – Danish Institute for International Studies and Aalborg University, Global Refugee Studies in Copenhagen Denmark. Chemlali explores how the militarisation and externalisation of European border control to...

The six myths of Angela Merkel

Thomas Klikauer - Meg Young
Analysis
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As the term of German Chancellor Angela Merkel comes to an end with her announcement that she will resign after Germany’s next federal election to be held on 26th September 2021 – Covid-19 permitting, one...

Why is xenophobia the most prevalent conviction in Bulgaria?

Pawel_Tsch
Bulgaria
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The Bulgarian population is rife with negative stereotypes about others — Turks, Roma, Jews, refugees, and sexual minorities. Anyone familiar with the situation on the ground will recognize that such sentiments have always been a...

“European identity” after Brexit means disappointment, frustration and confusion

Vladimir Mitev
Immigration
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In the United Kingdom, the terms "Europe" and "European" appear to have acquired a negative connotation. Unpleasant incidents are becoming more common. How did we end up in this predicament? Yes, a lot has changed...

There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth

Right to City (Timişoara, România)
Human rights and civic liberties
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With the increasing militarization of the Croatian-Bosnian border and in an overall hostile environment towards migrants, the Balkan route has been shifting in recent months towards Romania. Since October 2020, there has been a sharp...

Europe Day: Frontex and Schuman’s Nightmare

Michal Pavlásek
Analysis
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European countries commemorate Europe Day. On 9 May 1950, Robert Schuman, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, presented an idea of peaceful cooperation in Europe in a declaration in which he proposed to create the European...

This safety asphyxiates us: the banal border in Barcelona

Last month, while in Spain, we woke up to the news that local residents in the Canary Islands were planning to set up patrols to attack immigrants. In Barcelona, citizen patrols, without confirmed ties to...

A transnational response to the attacks on the Istanbul Convention

The Barricade
E.A.S.T. (Essential Autonomous Struggles Transnational)
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On April 11th, EAST members, women and LGBTQIA+ people from Turkey, Poland, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, […], drawing from Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, gathered together in a public assembly. This assembly was called...