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The End of Germany’s Residenzpflicht through the Municipal Example
by Kelly M. Miller Sign on a building in Berlin, by the author Out of the 28 member states of the European Union, Germany currently accepts the greatest number of applicants for asylum. Relative to its...
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Whose ‘home’ is here? Equal access to education in the UK
Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be...
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“Let them slash their wrists”: Abuse and Detention in the UK Asylum System
By Alex Johnson “They are all slashing their wrists apparently. Let them slash their wrists.” These are the words of a guard at Yarl’s Wood asylum detention centre captured by an undercover film...
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The Razor-Wire Curtain: Europe’s New Anti-Migrant Fences
By Alex Johnson Next month will mark the 26th anniversary of the ‘Pan-European Picnic’, a day that changed the face of Europe. On 19 August 1989, Communist Hungary stopped policing its border with...
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Do Refugee Rights Privilege the Persecuted?
The term ‘refugee’ has been used for hundreds, if not thousands, of years to generally mean ‘a person who has sought refuge’. The legal definition, set by the 1951 Refugee Convention, is far less...
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“Swarms” from “the Jungle”: Calais and the new refugee reality
By Alex Johnson Make no mistake, what’s happening at the Channel Tunnel entrance in Calais is not a temporary crisis. This is not a short term problem, a blip before a return to regular programming....
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Morning at Moria: Hope and despair at a Greek centre for processing refugees
Grafitti outside Moria camp on the island of Lesvos. All photos by Smaro Pegiou. By Smaro Pegiou Last July, I had the opportunity to visit the Moria First Reception Centre (Moria camp) for asylum...
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Violating the Prohibition on Refoulement: How The US and Europe Fail Treaty...
Refugees on a boat in Sicily. Photo by Vito Manzari, Italy. By Rosemary Laughton In French, refoulement means to drive back or reject. In law, refoulement is defined as the expulsion of someone who has...
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Refugees Welcome: A Look at How Spain is Handling the Current European...
By Paul Stern Amidst the current coverage of the European refugee crisis one would be hard pressed to find too many examples of European governments being overwhelmingly supportive of incoming...
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Refugee support in Germany: a question of impact
Credit to Rasande Tyskar, Flickr Much like development assistance in general, humanitarian aid to refugees is under increasing scrutiny to demonstrate its own effectiveness. This is particularly true...
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