Migration

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Don’t come, it’s terrible here

Negative nation branding as a deterrent to migration. Picture the following: you are the leader of a country. You can perhaps imagine that you want to do your best to improve your country’s reputation. After all, if others have a positive image of your country,…
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Burden-Sharing and Solidarity: Why the EU fails to solve the Migrant Crisis

Burden-Sharing and Solidarity

Why the EU fails to solve the Migrant Crisis. In recent years, Europe has faced a significant migration crisis as millions of people have fled war, persecution, and poverty in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The crisis has placed a huge burden on countries…
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Violence at EU borders: Migrant Pushbacks and Frontex involvement

  • Posted on 16 November 2021
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An orchestration of violence Video footage has emerged which shows disguised, uniformed men beating asylum seekers back over the Croatian-Bosnian border. Klass van Dijken, the investigating journalist behind the camera, writes on Twitter: “​​Hiding in the trees, listening to the damp thwack of batons on…
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