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15 Aug 2023 6 minute read

Migrant deaths: tragedy – or murder?

Nanjala Nyabola asks why migration policies have become so deadly, and what it will take to change them.

An Afghan refugee shows scars on his back, which he says were caused by the violent force used by Croatian border police to deter him from making a crossing from Bosnia. Credit: Michele Amoruso

8 Jul 2021 5 minute read

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Beaten back

The vicious game of hounding asylum-seekers in Europe continues in defiance of international law, Katie Dancey-Downs...

16 Sep 2019 6 minute read

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Can the European Union be reformed?

Almost everyone agrees that the EU needs to be reformed. But is it possible? Hilary Wainwright and ...

10 Jun 2019 4 minute read

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In Western Sahara, Europe sides with occupier over occupied

Has Europe prioritized ‘securing’ its borders over human rights? Ruairi Casey reports.

7 Jan 2019 3 minute read

This article is almost five years old.

Brexit and the dark arts

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More than 100,000 protesters are set to march on Parliament on Saturday to demand a People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal.

17 Oct 2018 2 minute read

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Why a people’s vote on Brexit is democratic

Vanessa Baird on why she will be marching in London on Saturday

Glyphosate and Roundup: a Monsanto protestor. Photo: Donna Cleveland, CC-BY-2.0

22 Aug 2018 5 minute read

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Time for Roundup to wind up?

After decades muddying the science, Monsanto may at last account for its weedkiller’s effects, writes Claire...

CETA

17 Aug 2018 5 minute read

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Why CETA is no better

The agreement between Canada and the EU remains the wrong type of trade deal. Alex Scrivener writes.

29 Jul 2018 4 minute read

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EU migration deal, is it the answer?

Can we still talk of a ‘migration crisis’ in the EU? Nando Sigona asks.

3 Jul 2018 4 minute read

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Brexit looming casts shadow over EU whistleblower protections

Naomi Colvin weighs the pros and cons of the EU draft Directive on whistleblower protection and wonders how...

24 Jun 2018 5 minute read

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A People’s Vote on Brexit

A new popular movement is born – and it might just halt a Brexit disaster. Vanessa Baird dares to hope.

New Interior Minister and League leader Matteo Salvini with the leader of the M5S, Italy's Minister of Labor and Industry Luigi Di Maio, at the Quirinal palace in Rome, Italy, June 1, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Tony Gentile

4 Jun 2018 5 minute read

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Don’t call them populists

Brace yourself for years of rightwing politics in Italy. Alessio Perrone writes.

18 May 2018 5 minute read

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Will new laws tame the tech giants?

Are these new privacy laws the best solution? Mike Morel investigates.

Between Sudan and a hard place

1 Mar 2018 2 minute read

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Between Sudan and a hard place

Eritrean refugees who try to escape into neighbouring Sudan are caught up in a deadly stand-off between East Africa’s big...

EU border towns: Migrants sleeping under Via Europa, the bridge linking Italy and France in the border town of Ventimiglia. Photo by Fotomovimiento

18 Dec 2017 5 minute read

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(Dead) end of the journey: when migrants reach border towns

Europe’s response to migration: more police, more walls – for no reason. Alex Fusco writes.

Europe against refugees

9 Nov 2017 4 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

Europe’s offensive against refugee solidarity

Ben Hayes and Frank Barat look back three years after Operation Mare Nostrum’s end.

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