Why the differences between Lampedusa (the place) and Lampedusa (the play) matter
On April 19 I went to see “Lampedusa”, a play by Anders Lustgarten, and found it both enlightening and misleading. […]
The ‘Euro’ in Euromaidan, in Hindsight
On March 18th, 2014 Putin delivered a speech to the Russian Duma where he reclaimed Crimea for Russia. The Russian
History of human rights Note One-Shots
What rights for migrants? What the European Court of Human Rights says and does not say
This is all over the newspapers: MPs have found that the United Kingdom detains ‘far too many [migrants] unnecessarily and for
QUIZ: Do you feel Gaulois?
Recently it was brought to our attention that the French government was in need of the kind of help that
Living Displacement – thematic week on refugees!
Edward Said once wrote: ‘Our age, with its modern warfare, imperialism and the quasi-theological ambitions of totalitarian rulers – is
Call for reviews – Refugees and Migration
This week saw a week of fascinating posts by anthropologists working in the field of refugees and (forced) migration. To
Refugees Threads
Palestinian refugees and the current Syrian conflict: from settled refugees to stateless asylum seekers?
The Syrian conflict has caused the forced displacement of many refugees. In November 2014, UNRWA[1] estimated the total number of
D’exode en exode: Le conflit Syrien comme révélateur de la vulnérabilité des réfugiés palestiniens
Le conflit de Syrie a depuis 2011 sévèrement affecté les quelques 600’000 réfugiés palestiniens résidant alors dans ce pays, causant
When Camps Become Home: Legal implications of the long-term encampment in Zaatari
Over the past five years, Syria is going through an unprecedented internal crisis and a civil war generating extreme violence
‘15 Minutes’: Artistic responses to German refugee temporalities
“Early in the morning”, one of my informants, a 39 year-old Iranian political refugee and former lecturer at the University