Human Rights and Migration

Saving lives or shirking responsibility? – Scrutinizing “Operation Sophia”1
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 14/09/2016
According to IOM, up to June 2016 more than 2500 migrants have lost their lives in the Mediterranean Sea in an attempt to flee hunger, persecution, and war. As an effort to fight the business model of migrant smugglers and save lives at sea, the EU has initiated EUNAVFOR Med, also known as Operation Sophia, in June 2015.
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Chronicles of Nauru: Outsourced 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 13/09/2016
Australia’s refugee policy has been a festering wound for the past three years. On August 10th the wound exploded when The Guardian revealed 2,100 reported incidents of the offshore detention centre in Nauru. Most of the attention has been rightly devoted to the abuses themselves. Yet, at the same time it occludes a more widespread, global problem: the risks of outsourcing.
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The Refugee Crisis and EU integration: The Need for a Fine Balancing Act 1
- EU Governance and Politics, Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 06/09/2016
The ongoing refugee crisis in Europe is threatening to unravel the very fabric of EU integration. It played a decisive role in determining the outcome of the ‘Brexit’ vote, and has sown the seeds of discord across the EU. To prevent further disintegration, the Union must develop a coherent and comprehensive migrant integration policy, and because it must do this amidst a strained political-economic climate, this will need to be a fine balancing act.
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How can we avoid another Orlando?1
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 24/08/2016
Reading about the events in Orlando a few months back was like reading a script from a horror tale. It had all the dark elements hovering around and shrouding the setting. A typical night-time event, a solitary gun wielding delusional character and the spillage of blood. It was both the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman and the deadliest incident of violence against LGBT people in U.S. history, as well as the deadliest terrorist attack in the U.S. since the September 11 attacks in 2001.
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On Dinkos and the Rule of law: Bulgaria facing migration 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 08/08/2016
Bulgaria has a problem with migrants. But most importantly, Bulgaria has a problem with itself.
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Parody and freedom of expression – who decides what is funny?0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 14/07/2016
Recently, German comedian Jan Boehmermann caused an international scandal when he published a parody song about Erdogan, after which he was sued by the Turkish president. How protected is parody as an act of freedom of expression?
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