Europe

Building a digital archive of migrations across the Mediterranean: ethnography and public sphere

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The paper explores the production of a digital archive of migration memories, solidarity, border violence and resistance between the Horn of Africa, the Mediterranean space and Europe. Under an ongoing multidisciplinary project started in 2022, scholars from Europe and North Africa are applying ethnographic methodology and participatory approaches to co-construct with migrants an archival representation…

Between Mediterranean Realism and Fantasy: Migrant Divides

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The boat journey is central to the narrative of Mediterranean migration of the undocumented. While the boat itself is flimsy, fragile, unstable, it has powerfully captured the attention of the world—after all, its journey has produced recurring images of migrants washing up along southern Europe’s picturesque beaches in the archive of undocumented migration. As the…

Struggling for Time on Lesvos: The Impact of EU and National Legislation and Procedures on Refugee Temporalities

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Since the summer of 2015, the Greek island of Lesvos has been centre stage of the so-called refugee crisis and one of the sites where new EU policies for migration control have been tested and implemented. This combined study of jurisprudence with ethnographic fieldwork aims to understand the impact of the asylum regime on the…

Grains of dust in the Aegean archipelago: Unruly migrants and everyday resistance in EU hotspots

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This article centres the everyday resistance practices by illegalised migrants contained in EU hotspots in Greece. Set against the regime of violent abandonment governing these carceral spaces, the article draws on ethnographic research in the Aegean archipelago to explore how resistance is enacted, experienced, and suppressed. The analysis foregrounds three distinct tactics of resistance –…

Navigating disputed waters: legal frameworks and strategies for maritime boundary resolution

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The purpose of this study is precisely to demonstrate the mutual obligations of the states in the disputed maritime areas until the final settlement of their boundary dispute, the importance of natural resources both for the economic development of the states and for the protection of the natural environment, proposing cooperative methods for the sustainable…

Activist burnout in No Borders: The case of a highly diverse movement

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Activist burnout is a common threat to activists’ personal sustainability and to a movement’s effectiveness. Compared to related fields such as humanitarian aid or social work we know relatively little about mental health risks in activists or how a specific activist environment may contribute to mental health outcomes. This study examines the case of the…

Border Pushbacks in Greece: Human Rights Violations and Psychological Impacts

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The illegal practice of border pushbacks by sea along Greece’s borders has become standardised and normalised despite the severe human rights violations associated with it. Refugees and asylum seekers subjected to border pushbacks endure numerous forms of abuse, including physical, emotional, and verbal violence, which exacerbate the trauma from their perilous journeys in search of…

In Greece, the voices of the islands’ historic inhabitants are being recorded before their stories are lost

In Greece, the voices of the islands’ historic inhabitants are being recorded before their stories are lost

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For the past year, Aris Katsigiannis has been posting short videos on social media, in which elderly islanders who have lived through war and hardship tell their stories of the country before mass tourism. Lire en français Subscribers only LETTER FROM ATHENS Paros, Amorgos, Koufonissia, Irakleia, Schinoussa, Naxos, Mykonos, Lesbos, Ikaria, Ios, Mylos, Crete, Karpathos….

Europe’s population crisis: see how your country compares – visualised

Europe’s population crisis: see how your country compares – visualised

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The rise of the far-right could speed up the population decline of Europe, projections show, creating economic shocks including slower growth and soaring costs from pensions and elderly care. Anti-immigration politics is on the rise across the EU, as shown by the gains made by far-right parties in the 2024 elections. Meanwhile, the anti-immigration Alternative…

How Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soar

How Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soar

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From Madrid to Barcelona, restaurants and bars are brimming with people, and reservations have become essential for everything from fine dining to high-end hotels. It’s a glimpse of how Spain has become Europe’s buzziest economy – named the world’s best by the Economist in 2024 – fuelled in part by what analysts have described as…