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Published in: Pandemic BordersIf COVID-19 is the Titanic, the economy is the iceberg
The pandemic has shown how essential care labour is to the functioning of the global economy.
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhat is the fate of religion in Europe?
Can Europe’s traditional norms of secularism be applied to an extra-Christian religious diversity that the continent...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The only frequent flyers left: migrant workers in the EU in times of Covid-19
In a bizarre twist of fate, migrant workers from eastern Europe have remained the only mobile segment of Europe’s population.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The COVID-19 pandemic: multilateralism and parliaments
To prevent international relations from sliding back to a “state of anarchy”, international organizations have a...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMigrants' return to Venezuela becomes a nightmare
Migrants who have been forced to return to Venezuela because of the COVID-19 crisis risk human rights abuses as the...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersFor Indian migrants in the Gulf it is a financial rather than a health crisis
What awaits the millions of Indian migrants in the Gulf who lack much needed access to healthcare and financial security?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA call from North Africa: sovereignty over our land, food and destiny
The only solution before us is unity and solidarity in order to build a new world in which people’s sovereignty,...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersThe many facets of pandemic vulnerability
While health matters, what good is the safety of the physical body when all rights are lost to our collective political body?
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Published in: Pandemic BordersCOVID-19 does not care about residency status
Some of the most vulnerable members of our communities are being left out of the budget and access to healthcare.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationDisplaced women and girls in Latin America threatened by COVID-19
There is an urgent need for rights-based health policies to protect the health and well-being of this exceptionally...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFighting COVID-19 in war-torn Libya: local initiatives might be the answer
Suffering from war, a weak economy and a nearly non-existent healthcare system, how can Libya fight a pandemic?
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaIndigenous migrant women from Venezuela: extremely vulnerable to COVID-19
The border closure caused by the pandemic impacts Venezuela’s indigenous migrants particularly harshly. And the...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersWe need sanctuary cities and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic
The defence and expansion of sanctuary policies are integral to our collective resiliency at this time.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Moussa's story: migrant workers in Italy under lockdown
Unlike Portugal, there is no indication from the Italian authorities that ensuring access to basic care and support...
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Published in: Pandemic BordersCOVID-19: Canada locks its gates to asylum seekers
For asylum seekers, the route to a safe home is being all but eliminated.
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Published in: Pandemic BordersAt times of a pandemic: transnational solidarity not national borders
At the time of Covid-19 global pandemic, citizenship and national borders should not become defining elements of our...
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionDisposable lives: how the plight of immigration detainees is highlighted during COVID-19
The UK government’s continued use of immigration detention lacks moral and legal justification. But it comes as no surprise.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?COVID’s borders: between peer-to-peer surveillance and the “common good"
The vocabulary of war contributes to concealing the differential impact of COVID, which has just found its first...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Authoritarianism masking incompetence? The case of the Republic of Cyprus
Authoritarianism, left unchecked to shape the public discourse, can self-propel and legitimise itself, diverting the...
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Published in: openMovementsCommunity spaces in India: constructing solidarity in pandemic times?
Can the initiatives we see pave the way for the exercise of participatory democracy, of solidarity as a way of...