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The invisible workers
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 01/09/2020
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Modern slavery in the Irish fishing industry: a labor or migration question?0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 16/12/2015
Recently the British newspaper The Guardian has released an exclusive story on the plight of migrant workers in the fishing industry in Ireland, who were subjected to deplorable conditions of work aboard the country’s vessels. According to the daily’s investigation, African and Asian fishermen undergo different kinds of abuses onboard, such as suffering sleep deprivation, having no days off, working long and unpaid overtime, arbitrary retention of salaries and passports, constraint of freedom of movement, verbal and physical abuses, among others.
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Migrants without protection = Humanitarian principles at risk0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 14/11/2018
In the last few years, tens of thousands of people have left their homes and crossed the Mediterranean Sea. The media is constantly publishing stories of drowning migrants and of the harsh conditions of detention centres in Southern Europe. At the same time, the attitude towards migration has hardened in many European countries. Countries like Italy, Austria and Hungary have shown that there is very little humanity left.
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Michel Foucault on refugees – an interview from 19791
- Human Rights and Migration, Interview
- 20/10/2015
‘The refugee problem is a foreshadowing of the 21st century’s great migration.’
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Matera Capital of Culture 2019: an ‘open future’ with closed ports?0
On January 19th 2019, Matera’s cave-dwelling districts, better known as “Sassi”, opened up to national and international guests and musicians for the celebration of its title as 2019 European Capital of Culture (ECOC).
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Making nature count: What can the EU do?1
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 10/03/2018
How much would it cost if we had to pay for the clean air that forests provide? For the groundwater filtered by natural soils? For the beautiful setting of the ocean when on holiday? How would businesses and national economies compare if we looked beyond the GDP, towards intangible environmental services? Natural Capital Accounting (NCA) has the answers, but its pioneers need to communicate what it’s all about to ensure implementation.
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Macedonia’s civil society stands up against police brutality0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 06/05/2015
June 5th, 2011 in Skopje, Macedonia: 23 year-old Martin Neskovski was beaten to death by an officer of the special police forces during the celebration after the election victory of VMRO-DPMNE, Macedonia’s ruling political party. Eyewitnesses confirmed seeing a police officer brutally beating the boy and dragging the body away from the crowd. In its initial reports during the two days following the boy’s death, the Ministry of Interior stated that there were no signs of violence on the victim’s body. The event immediately triggered series of peaceful street protests by thousands of young people in Macedonia and eventually lead to the conviction of one police officer.
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