It’s not just calling refugees “migrants” that dehumanises them – it’s talking about them as if they’re numbers.
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The free movement of people among Schengen member states is a boon for business and the European economy.
In just a few weeks, the people of Europe have been galvanised into supporting the refugees dying to reach their shores.
A devastating picture of a drowned boy has touched viewers and political leaders alike – and could be a turning point in Europe’s spiralling refugee crisis.
Budapest’s main train station has been reopened to refugees – but Hungary’s hateful politics of fear are only getting harsher.
A green card lottery would give so-called economic migrants a legal route to Europe.
A run down of what each has to say on the top issue of the summer.
Europe always prefers to overlook its colonial past – but now it’s becoming unavoidable.
The UK and France have come up with a solution to the migrant crisis – stick up another new barrier.
Ancient hospitality rituals could teach us a thing or two about how to respect the people arriving on our shores.
Unaccompanied minors who claim asylum face a lottery where some are recognised as refugees and others have to go home when they turn 18.
The Dublin laws means states can return migrants to the country where they first arrived in Europe.
France’s policy towards migrants has been to make them invisible – and criminalise their support networks.
Why free-flowing traffic between Dover and Calais is so important.
Landlords will be able to evict illegal immigrants without a court order, under new proposals.
What happens when a non-EU migrant arrives on British soil.
Look at the numbers and the ‘invasion rhetoric’ is unwarranted.
As the Calais crisis unfolds, social media is becoming an echo chamber for the preferences of the UK’s powerful right wing.
While politicians talk security, a humanitarian crisis is unfolding on the French coast.
Anti-immigration protesters carried nooses through the streets of Prague as police stood by without acting.
Top contributors
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Peace and Security, Coventry University
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Senior Lecturer in Czech Studies, University of Glasgow
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Professor of International Politics, University of Warwick
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Chargée de recherche CNRS, Géographe et politiste spécialiste des frontières et migrations, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
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Research Fellow, Coventry University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Ph.D. Candidate, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Assistant Professor in Geography, University of Nottingham
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Lecturer and Teacher, Department of Politics and International Relations, Cardiff University
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Professor of Business Ethics, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Professor of Social Anthropology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Cultural and Political Sociologist, Université de Liège
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Director of the Centre for Trauma, Asylum and Refugees, University of Essex
