After two weeks in the US, there is lots to catch up on:
- Sam Jones in the Guardian noting Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein’s concerns over rhetoric echoing that from the 1938 Evian conference
- Lamis Abdelaaty and Rebecca Hamlin posting on the Monkey Cage blog that political pressure can change the meaning of “migrant” and “refugee” at specific moments in time
- Jessica Reinisch writing at the Reluctant Internationalists blog reminds us that specific historical context matters when talking about specific refugee crises
- Nick Riemer in Jacobin describes public intellectuals (Žižek, Habermas, Singer) using their influence to disparage refugees and excuse elites while trying to relieve the refuge crisis
- Kim Ghattas in Foreign Policy’s Voice blog noting that it’s important to understand that if there is a crisis at all, is a crisis for Syria, not Europe; not a “refugee crisis,” but a Syrian war crisis
- Lisa Monique Söderlindh in IDN-InDepthNews Viewpoint describing how large-scale migration is ushering in an age of “migitalisation”
- The Economist looks into lessons to be learned from Spain’s recent cooperation with transit countries
- Nando Sigona describes his exchanges with Frontex over the accuracy of their statistics of migrants entering the EU in 2015
- Peter Gatrell in Al Jazeera suggests that Europe should consult refugees currently arriving in decision-making conversations
- UNHCR’s 66th ExCom meeting took place 5-9 October
Amanda Cellini 