Migration

Interview – Kelly Greenhill

E-International Relations • Feb 5 2023 • Features

Kelly Greenhill explains weaponised migration, including the different types of engineered migration in theory and practice, as well as the costs of these policies.

Opinion – Challenging the European Migration Agenda

Mae Thompson and Marina Grama • Dec 15 2022 • Articles

Given the failure of European governments and IGOs to adopt a human rights-based response to migration flows, what hope is there for civil society to drive change?

Interview – Anitta Kynsilehto

E-International Relations • Oct 13 2022 • Features

Anitta Kynsilehto discusses migration as part of a series of interviews with the contributing authors of the textbook ‘Foundations of International Relations’.

Interview – Bryan Caplan

E-International Relations • Oct 8 2022 • Features

Bryan Caplan talks about terrorists as rational actors and government responses to terrorism, plus the benefits and challenges of an open borders policy.

Opinion – The Tenuous Links Between ‘Food’ and ‘Migration’ Crises

Dimitris Skleparis • Sep 29 2022 • Articles

It is naïve to believe that the first thing that crosses a hungry person’s mind is to leave their own country.

Cultural and Artistic Expressions of Haitians on Mexicali, Baja California

In migrant spaces, customs and traditions are printed, endowed and expressed – providing meaning and symbolism in and towards a space.

Migration and International Relations

Anitta Kynsilehto • Mar 28 2022 • Online resources

Migration is caused by push factors (issues that would make one want to leave one’s home, such as hunger or war) and pull factors (elements that would attract one to a foreign state, such as safety or employment).

Review – Migrations: A World on the Move

Anna Finiguerra • Mar 20 2022 • Features

This podcast takes a look at migration from all perspectives, and how it interplays with concepts of racial justice and climate change.

Opinion – Refugee Hierarchy in Western Responses to the Ukrainian Crisis

Piyumani Panchali Ranasinghe and Khalid Dader • Mar 7 2022 • Articles

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights,’ but as seen in western discourse over Ukrainian migrants ‘European’, ‘White’, and ‘civilized’ seem to be freer and superior.

Ceuta and Melilla: Pioneers of Post-Cold War Border Fortification

Jaume Castan Pinos • Feb 28 2022 • Articles

Old border fortresses serve as pretexts and inspirations for new walls and fences and remind us that we live in a world of borders rather than in a borderless world.

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