Securitization and Criminalization of Migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kržalić, Armin; Korajlić, Nedžad; Dinarevic, Senka Mesihovic

doi:10.1145/3386164.3389104

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“…Efforts to push back on the safety and rights of refugees and migrants undermine the spirit of the UNHCR's convention. Nevertheless, governmental reactions and programs to criminalize refugees and migrants in Italy, Hungary, the United Kingdom and the USA, to name just a few, have raised concerns for the growing number of people reaching their borders (Berti, 2021;Hernández, 2021, Kržalić, Korajlić & Dinarević, 2019Provine & Doty, 2011;Slack, Martínez, Heyman & Woodhouse, 2018;Udvarhelyi, 2014). In Britain this includes about 29,000 small boats that attempted to cross the English Channel in 2021 (The Economist 2022 a : 10) in 2018.…”

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Echoes of Colour Discrimination in Refugee Protection Regime: The Experience of Africans Fleeing the Russia-Ukrainian War

Oyebamiji¹,

OYEBADE²,

Cohen

et al. 2022

Migration Letters

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After 71 years of commitment to the principles of the Refugee Convention and an obligation to protection; the international system faces challenges as socio-political, economic and security concerns become alibis that betray fidelity to the treaty and are manifest in discrimination and expulsions of asylum-seekers, migrants and refugees. Our paper examines this collapse and highlights themes of covert colour politics and discrimination vis-a-vis the Russia-Ukrainian war. Our methodology combines interviews, narratives and critical analyses as we document the ugly experiences of Africans fleeing the war zone and the denials of protection they face based on their skin colour. Our discussion raises concerns that cannot be ignored as conflicts escalate globally. Rather than embracing the hardline hostility confronting migrants and refugees, we argue for a reappraisal of the movers and their status not as a migration problem to be solved but as victims of a faulty international system that deserve attention.

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