Celebrating Allies – part 4: “Looking text straight in the face”
To conclude this week we wish to highlight the hard work of one more Allie – namely Marie-Louise Karttunen. She
Celebrating Allies – part 3: Are you looking for a ghostwriter?
Today we continue our celebration of the Allies who handle much of the behind-the-scenes work that is needed to keep fan-bu-tastic
Celebrating Allies – part 2: Combating stereotypes with Rusty Radiators – REDUX
Yesterday we highlighted one important development that took place for the Allegra team in March of 2014, namely that we
Celebrating Allies – ALL WEEK! Glimpses from behind the scenes!
Over the past few weeks, Allegra has been deeply engaged with a theme that is both topical and urgent: human
If we question the figure of the ‘smuggler’ and the ‘trafficker’, we should also raise questions about the state
When we raise questions about the assumed figures of the ‘smuggler’ and ‘trafficker’, we must also in parallel raise questions
The Buddhist people smuggler
Since the 1950s, there has been a continuous flow of Tibetans fleeing across the Himalayas, seeking refuge in exiled communities
How Immigration Policies Create Smugglers
In the spring of 2007, when I was driving with Ramón (all names have been changed), a Mexican man who
What makes a good coyote? Mexican Migrants’ satisfaction with human smugglers
Clandestine migration across the US-Mexico border is a dangerous process. Not only must one avoid detection by US authorities, but
Smuggling evolutions in North Africa: the need of a new approach
In what follows I present the evolution of migrant smuggling in north Africa over the last decade in order to
Rescuing Refugees in the context of Europe’s Fight Against Human Smuggling
Human smuggling has been considered a crime in the European context since the beginning of the 2000s. It has been