Latest shipwrecks off Samos claim at least 12 lives. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply saddened by the recent tragic loss of life in the Aegean Sea. Most recently, at least 12 people, all women and children, have perished in two separate incidents off Samos island this week. On 25 November, 39 people were…
It’s olive season in Palestine. Children dart between the olive trees while the adults busy themselves among the branches, harvesting handfuls of sun-soaked fruit. The olives are abundant, and the trees are generous. “The harvest will be good, God willing,” Ibrahim Tos said with a smile, relieved to begin the picking October 10 on this…
In 2015, Lesvos a Greek Island located at the North-Eastern edge of the Aegean Sea at the borders with Turkey became an important gate for border crossers who were … >>> liadou, E. Dissertation (Open University, 2019) Recent related articles in this category All articles in this category >>>
In this paper I argue that the refugee crisis, in terms of discourse and sequence of events, has been deliberately misused by the EU policymakers in order to govern unwanted human mobility and to impose and legitimize brutal, obscene and violent politics, such as the EU-Turkey Statement, the Hotspot Approach and the geographical restriction rule….