Thursday 28 April 2016

Refugee crisis: When is a tragedy a massacre? (Richard Seymour, Al Jazeera)

With illegal pushbacks, brutal detainment, and harassment at sea, the options for refugees are increasingly severe, writes Seymour [EPA]

The recent drowning of 500 refugees and migrants in the Mediterranean Sea was not only preventable, but arguably caused by policy. A policy known colloquially as "Fortress Europe", designed to make the journey to Europe as difficult as possible for asylum seekers.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/04/refugee-crisis-tragedy-massacre-160426110904507.html

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