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According to Niamh Keady-Tabbal and Itamar Mann, writing for the European Journal of International Law, the word "pushback" is related to "an erosion of refugee law, and a parallel license to inflict ever more extreme violence upon people on the move who are not bone fide refugees". In the case of pushbacks in the Aegean, they doubt that ...
His book Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move argues that making and enforcing a border is an inherently violent act. The citation for the PolGRG Book Award from the Royal Geographical Society called Violent Borders one of the most "influential political geography books published in recent times."
(1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State. (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country. Article 12 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights incorporates this right into treaty law:
The U.S. government used an obscure public health law to justify one of its most aggressive border crackdowns ever.
But Abdullah and several other Afghan refugees have told the BBC they feel the US has "turned its back" on them, despite years of working alongside American officials, troops and non-profit ...
One critical thing that's aiding Harris right now: border crossings have plummeted in recent months. In July, roughly 57,000 migrants were apprehended at the southern border, the lowest monthly ...
In 2020, BVMN released a 51-page report into the use of torture or other inhuman treatment during pushbacks. This report was based upon 286 statements from migrants and refugee. [1] Among the BVMN's findings is that in 2020, 90% of pushed-back migrants interviewed experienced "some form of degrading treatment or torture" from border guards.
Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move by Reece Jones, 2017; A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea by Melissa Fleming, 2017 [10] Refugee Stories: Seven personal journeys behind the headlines by Dave Smith, 2016 [11] City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp by Ben Rawlence, 2016