Archive
The new issue of Race and Class from the Institute of Race Relations contains a seminal lead article: “Digital colonialism: US empire and the new imperialism in the Global South” by Michael Kwet:
"This article proposes a conceptual framework of how the United States is reinventing colonialism in the Global South through the domination of digital technology.." Read More
Last Breath of Operation Sophia Should Push Coalition of the Willing
"The main focus of the Mission, and that which will continue, is “destroying the smugglers’ business model”, that weaselly expression which covers so much..." Read More
Citizens of Somewhere Else? EU citizenship and loss of Member State nationality
"Member States’ rules on the acquisition or loss of nationality are in principle a national competence.." Read More
Border Violence Monitoring
"A project documenting illegal push-backs and police violence inflicted by EU member state authorities, mainly on the borders of Serbia/Croatia, Serbia/Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina/Croatia." Read More
How a Serbian war criminal became an icon of white nationalism
"Throughout the 1990s, men like Radovan Karadzic, the Serbian politician and convicted war criminal who faces final sentencing at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia today, and Slobodan Milosevic would briefly appear on the American evening news. Read More
UK: Majority of immigration removals called off amid concerns thousands of people wrongly targeted
"More than half of deportations from the UK are called off, The Independent can reveal – raising concerns that thousands of people are being unfairly targeted for forcible removal..." Read More
UK: Duncan Lewis’ challenge to £1 per hour wages for immigration detainees dismissed by High Court: to appeal in pursuit of fair pay:
"Mr Justice Murray, in the High Court, has on 26 March 2019 dismissed our clients’ Judicial Review claims challenging the decision of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to pay immigration detainees £1 per hour for work carried out while in detention..." Read More
Study: Sexual torture widespread for migrants seeking Europe
"Migrants trying to reach Europe face routine rape and sexual torture throughout their journey and especially in Libya, with men facing abuse nearly as routinely as women, according to a study based on dozens of interviews with aid workers and migrants.." Read More
EU: Press Release: Censorship machine takes over EU’s internet
"Today, on 26 March, the European Parliament voted in favour of adopting controversial upload filters (Article 13/17) as part of the copyright Directive. This vote comes after what was an intense campaign for human rights activists, with millions of signatures, calls, tweets and emails from concerned individuals, as well as Europe-wide protests..." Read More
Germany eligible to deport refugees to EU countries with poor living conditions
"Berlin is within its rights to deport asylum-seekers to other countries in the bloc, even if they'll encounter poor living conditions there, according to the EU's highest court.." Read More