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Crew of NGO ship impounded in Malta sound alarm as search and rescue co-operation founders in Mediterranean

Wed, 04 Jul 2018 17:01:00 GMT

Dr Vicki Squire has published an article in the Conversation about Europe’s crackdown on search and rescue NGOs

04/07/2018

https://theconversation.com/crew-of-ngo-ship-impounded-in-malta-sound-alarm-as-search-and-rescue-co-operation-founders-in-mediterranean-99308

Hotspot stories: A story written by an unaccompanied minor aged 17 and Dr Vicki Squire's comment on the story

Sat, 04 Jun 2016 15:50:51 GMT

01/06/2016

Dr Vicki Squire comments on the story she supported one unaccompanied minor to write about his journey to Europe. The young man tells his story about the journey which started in Gambia and ended on a boat crossing the Mediterranean sea.

See Vicki Squire’s comment on this story HERE.

Valletta 2015: Sharing responsibility for a ‘migration crisis’?

Thu, 12 Nov 2015 21:18:51 GMT

11/11/2015

The Valletta summit of 11-12th November 2015 was initiated by the European Council in light of an emergent ‘migration crisis’. It focuses on developing “existing cooperation processes between Europe and Africa”(i), and continues on-going efforts since 2010 toward the EU’s Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (ii). The ‘migration crisis’ says much about the failures of such an approach.

12 days in Lampedusa

Thu, 12 Nov 2015 21:16:05 GMT

12/10/205

View Vicki's slideshow narrative about fieldwork in Lampedusa.

The piece was also published by focaalblog.com: Learn more