Official statistics record 377 deaths in the Mediterranean in 2020, but the true figure is likely to be much higher.
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Mediterranean groupers are not alone: they are home to a wide variety of parasites.
Migrants have been left to die in the Mediterranean as Italy and Malta declared their harbours ‘unsafe’ in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
Research in Sicily finds that anti-immigration policies don’t slow the flow of immigrants, but do hurt local residents in communities where migrants first arrive.
The new Greek government is putting in place new measures to stop the flow of refugees crossing the Aegan Sea.
European states have the legal and moral obligation to resume search-and-rescue operations in the Mediterranean. Spain’s Salvamento Maritimo should lead the way.
Russia’s influential position as Europe’s main supplier of natural gas is under threat from new discoveries.
Carola Rackete, captain of an NGO search and rescue ship, was arrested by Italian authorities when landing in Italy. She isn’t the first to be criminalised for trying to save people at sea.
How the ‘refoulement’ industry between Europe and Libya works.
Gibraltar’s decision to terminate permission for the Aquarius to conduct operations in the Mediterranean is the latest example of national politics undermining rescue at sea.
The Sea-Watch 3 vessel has been prevented from leaving Malta to continue its search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean.
Migration is central to Mediterranean history and people have always moved between its two shores.
When we think of migrants, we think of them crossing the Mediterranean to come to Europe. Yet 200 years ago, many did it the other way.
Accused of cooperating with smugglers, NGOs defend migrants’ right to life and point to the inadequate policies of European states.
There is an assumption that migrants are pulled to Europe as a ‘destination’ of choice. New research shows that often isn’t the case.
There are fundamental differences between Libya and Turkey, when it comes to returning migrants.
A military option will be a lucrative one for smugglers.
Although Ecowas and the AU made sure that Yahya Jammeh stepped down after losing the elections in The Gambia, caution is warranted in assuming this heralds a trend against African dictatorships.
The 60,000 people currently stuck in Greece will probably have to stay there. The EU should help them integrate.
Why it is so difficult to find planes in water, even ones of vastly different sizes.
Top contributors
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Chargée de recherche CNRS, Géographe et politiste spécialiste des frontières et migrations, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
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Leader of Research Group “The Production of Knowledge on Migration” at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück University
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Professor of International Politics, University of Warwick
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Director of the Migration Policy Centre and Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield
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Research Fellow, Coventry University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath
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Assistant Professor in Maritime Security, Coventry University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Liverpool
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Earth scientist, Instituto de Geociencias de Barcelona (Geo3Bcn – CSIC)
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Professor of Politics, University of Birmingham
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Reader in Political Geography, Loughborough University
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Lecturer and Programme Leader, BA International Tourism and Events Management, Glasgow Caledonian University
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PhD Candidate in Conservation Biology, UCL
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Research Fellow, Queen's University Belfast