Crisis, Routine, Consolidation: The Politics of the Mediterranean Migration Crisis

Jeandesboz, Julien; Pallister‐Wilkins, Polly

doi:10.1080/13629395.2016.1145825

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“…The response of Europe to this issue has not been effective. Scholars have analysed this situation (Jeandesboz & Pallister-Wilkins, 2016;Pallister-Wilkins, 2016;Perkowski, 2016;Van Reekum, 2016) and they have remarked the humanitarian consequences of the refugee crisis and law implications of this phenomenon.…”

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How Solidarity Influences Political Actors to Manage the Refugee Crisis: the Case of Proactiva Open Arms

Álvarez-Jiménez

Cuxart

2017

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Europe is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II, and the Mare Nostrum has become the path that millions of people are using to flee from the armed conflict, especially since the Syrian war began in March 2011. In this sense, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 1,014,973 people arrived to Greece, Italy and Spain by sea in 2015. Nevertheless, the Mediterranean area has become the scene of not only a humanitarian crisis but also citizens’ solidarity. In this sense, Proactiva Open Arms, an NGO mostly formed by lifeguards, has helped 135,000 people to reach the coast safely, 10,273 of whom sailed in wandering boats. Of these individuals, 475 fell into the water and 9,067 were trapped on the cliffs. Proactiva Open Arms’ work has driven European and Greek authorities to respond to refugees. In this paper, we analyse through this case how solidarity among civil citizens can change political actions and encourage other citizens to act in solidarity, as part of the H2020 European funded research project SOLIDUS.

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How Solidarity Influences Political Actors to Manage the Refugee Crisis: the Case of Proactiva Open Arms

Álvarez-Jiménez

Cuxart

2017

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Vol. 6, Num. 2 - Full Issue

Serradell

2017

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“…In the Mediterranean, against a backdrop of spiralling fatalities (IOM, ), the narratives of ‘tragedy’, ‘emergency’ and ‘crisis’ intersect with the securitization discourse (van Reekum, ), articulating demands for ‘urgent action’ that reinforce the security response (Jeandesboz and Pallister‐Wilkins, , ) – helping also to re‐frame it as merciful and key to guarantee migrant survival (Carling and Hernández‐Carretero, ). Security, in this context, is permeated by ‘humanitarianism’ construed as life‐saving conduct predicated on principles of humanity (Barnett and Weiss, , p. 11).…”

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The EU Humanitarian Border and the Securitization of Human Rights: The ‘Rescue‐Through‐Interdiction/Rescue‐Without‐Protection’ Paradigm

Moreno-Lax

2017

J of Common Market Studies

148

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This article looks at securitization/humanitarianization dynamics in the EU external sea borders to track and critique the substantial transformation of the role played by human rights in the Mediterranean. Mapping the evolution of maritime engagement up to the 'refugee crisis', it is revealed how the invocation of human rights serves paradoxically to curtail (migrants') human rights, justifying interdiction ('to save lives'), and impeding access to safety in Europe. The result is a double reification of 'boat migrants' as threats to border security and as victims of smuggling/trafficking. Through a narrative of 'rescue', interdiction is laundered into an ethically sustainable strategy of border governance. Instead of being considered a problematic (potentially lethal) means of control, it is re-defined into a life-saving device. The ensuing 'rescue-through-interdiction'/'rescue-without-protection' paradigm alters the nature of human rights, which, rather than functioning as a check on interdiction, end up co-opted as another securitization/humanitarianization tool.

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Crisis, Routine, Consolidation: The Politics of the Mediterranean Migration Crisis

Cited by 113 publications

References 7 publications

How Solidarity Influences Political Actors to Manage the Refugee Crisis: the Case of Proactiva Open Arms

How Solidarity Influences Political Actors to Manage the Refugee Crisis: the Case of Proactiva Open Arms

Vol. 6, Num. 2 - Full Issue

The EU Humanitarian Border and the Securitization of Human Rights: The ‘Rescue‐Through‐Interdiction/Rescue‐Without‐Protection’ Paradigm

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