Immigration, Refugees and Responses

Freedman, Jane

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“…These kinds of decisions remained an exception, as most European countries used the pandemic to provide reasons for increased border controls and exclusionary measures targeting refugees. From both a public health and human rights point of view, there are strong reasons to argue that the migration policies adopted in Europe have been both unsuccessful in containing the infection and detrimental to the human rights and welfare of migrants and refugees (50).…”

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Migrants’ human rights and health protection during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Mediterranean Sea: what we have learnt from direct inspections in two Italian hotspots

Pomara

Zappalà

Salerno

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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This study aims to assess the situation of Italian hotspots for migrant reception during the COVID-19 pandemic, and specifically analyzing the situation of two hotspots located in the Sicily Region (Pozzallo harbor and Lampedusa Island), to identify critical issues. At the same time, we hypothesize solutions to guarantee the respect of human rights and suggest an operational protocol to be applied in similar situations, considering that the migration phenomenon is increasing and involving new geographical areas. Based on data obtained through the site inspections, the facilities of Pozzallo and Lampedusa exceeded their capacity to adequately contain the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 infection. Considering these findings, we suggest a practical workflow summarizing the main actions that should be applied to contain COVID-19, or other infectious disease, spreading in hotspots for migrants. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants has received limited attention, although the migration phenomenon did not slow down during the pandemic period. Regarding the risk of spreading infectious diseases such as COVID-19, it is necessary that those countries who are most exposed to migration flows, such as Italy, plan dedicated strategies to minimize the possibility of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, using adequate protocols to monitor the possible insurgence of variants of interest (VOIs) or variants of concern (VOCs). Finally, it is important to state that these suggestions could be applied in any future pandemics.

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confidence: 99%

Migrants’ human rights and health protection during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Mediterranean Sea: what we have learnt from direct inspections in two Italian hotspots

Pomara

Zappalà

Salerno

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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“…Beyond specific deaths by the police, there is also the problem of racial and ethnic profiling through police stops (including identity checks by the police), harassment by the police (some of which leads to deaths), and the ongoing suspicion to which Black Europeans are forever subject (Body‐Gendrot and Wihtol de Wenden, 2014; Jobard et al ., 2012; Terrasse, 2019). , Across Europe, lockdown measures due to the COVID‐19 pandemic often led to increased discriminatory police stops (ENAR, 2020; see also Freedman, 2021 in this issue).…”

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Towards a Reading of Black Lives Matter in Europe

Beaman

2021

J of Common Market Studies

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In June 2020, the Parliament of the European Union voted to proclaim 'Black Lives Matter', a statement that also included how it 'strongly condemns the appalling death of George Floyd'. 1 This was a few weeks after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer in Minneapolis, killed George Floyd, a 46 year-old Black American man, by putting his knee on the Floyd's neck until he was no longer breathing. Darnella Frazier, a 17 year-old Black American woman, captured the almost nine minute video of his killing, including Floyd's last words, 'I can't breathe', which has since been shared worldwide.In the immediate wake of Floyd's death, in the midst of a global pandemic which disproportionately affected Black individuals, 2 mass protests and demonstrations occurred proclaiming Black Lives Matter, not just in Minneapolis, but throughout the United States, as well as in much of Europe and the world, including in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Belgium. One example is Assa Traoré, a French activist of Malian origin, who led a massive demonstration outside the High Court in Paris of more 20,000 protestors against police violence, including the death of her own brother, Adama Traoré, by the police four years prior in the banlieue of Beaumont-sur-Oise, for which she and her family have still not received justice (Collins, 2020). This demonstration also invoked Floyd's murder. Several protests signs invoked Black Lives Matter and 'I Can't Breathe', the last words of both Floyd and Adama Traoré. In a later interview with the French magazine, Antidote, Assa said, 'When George Floyd died, that's our brother. They [Floyd and Traoré] died the same way. I recognize myself in Black Lives Matter, we are all Black Lives Matter. Our common issue is racial discrimination. Here as over there, it is the Blacks, the non-whites, who are being killed' (Rhrissi, 2020).Later that same month, I served as panelist and moderator for a virtual panel discussion, 'Do Black Lives Matter in Europe?', for the Council for European Studies in conversation with political scientist Terri Givens and historian Kennetta Hammond Perry. 3 We had over 300 registrants for this webinar, indicating wide interest in this question. The question was not, 'should Black Lives Matter', but rather why and how Black Lives are not seen to matter, and historically seen not to have mattered, in Europe, despite the long and continued presence of Black individuals across the continent.The EU Parliament declaration, as well as protests such as this one in Paris, suggest the relevance and importance of Black Lives Matter in Europe. But what does such a declaration mean in the face of documented racism and discrimination against Black 1 https://www.dw.com/en/eu-declares-black-lives-matter-condemns-racism/a-53878516 2 In fact, Floyd's autopsy revealed that he was positive for COVID-19 (Neuman, 2020). 3 https://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/do-black-lives-matter-in-europe/

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“…The 'migration and refugee crisis', characterized by the increasing population flows to Europe, the majority of which passed through Greece in 2015, exacerbated an already worsening economic crisis and created a 'perfect storm' of political and socio-economic turmoil in the country (Papadopoulos, 2017). The COVID-19 pandemic crisis was seen as an opportunity to further tighten border controls and minimise the number of people arriving by sea and land, as they were seen as a potential health risk for Greece and the EU (Freedman, 2021). Similarly, migration and asylum were considered together once again and viewed as part of a new geopolitical narrative of 'weaponizing migration' against Europe and the developed world (Greenhill, 2022).…”

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(Non-)Institutional Manifestations of Migrant Infrastructures for Refugees in Rural Greece

Papadopoulos,

Fratsea

2024

Eur. XXI

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The year 2015 was a turning point for the migration and asylum system in the EU and Greece.Almost 900,000 migrants and refugees crossed Turkey’s land and sea borders on their way to Europe. Theso-called ‘migration and refugee crisis’ dominated the academic and political discourse and provokeddifferent reactions from local communities, civil society and long-time resident migrants. Especially in ruralareas, the newly arriving refugees triggered different reactions from the local population. At the sametime, accommodating the refugees and facilitating their integration into rural localities created additionalinfrastructure needs. Drawing on the theoretical discussion on migrant infrastructures’ and ‘arrivalinfrastructures’, the main objective of this paper is to discuss the different manifestations of migrantinfrastructures in rural communities, in Western Greece in particular. The paper draws on a recentempirical study conducted in the framework of a project that explored territorial inequalities and the linkswith different forms of mobility in both urban (Attiki Region) and rural areas of Greece (Western GreeceRegion). While the discussion on arrival infrastructures mainly relates to urban settings, in this paperwe argue that the rural context informs and enriches the debate, allowing to be considered in termsof non-fixed assemblages of institutional (formal) and non-institutional (informal) arrangements that fulfilboth tangible and less tangible needs and requirements. Forging better links between the migrationinfrastructures approach and the formulation of imaginaries and characteristics of wellbeing will enablea better understanding of refugee agency, and one more informed by social theory.

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Immigration, Refugees and Responses

Cited by 5 publications

References 19 publications

Migrants’ human rights and health protection during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Mediterranean Sea: what we have learnt from direct inspections in two Italian hotspots

Migrants’ human rights and health protection during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Mediterranean Sea: what we have learnt from direct inspections in two Italian hotspots

Towards a Reading of Black Lives Matter in Europe

(Non-)Institutional Manifestations of Migrant Infrastructures for Refugees in Rural Greece

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