Thinking Beyond Humanitarian Borders

In the language of humanitarianism has played a central role in political and media debates about undocumented migrants/refugees crossing into Europe and North America. The unaccompanied minors entering the US reached the designation of "humanitarian crisis" in the summer of 2014, whereas...

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Published in:Social research Vol. 83; no. 2; pp. 255 - 271
Main Author: Ticktin, Miriam
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York John Hopkins University Press 01.07.2016
Johns Hopkins University Press
New School for Social Research
Subjects:
Boats
Borders
Criminalization
Drownings
Evaluation
Fences
Foreign policy
Human dignity
Human rights
Humanitarian aid
Humanitarianism
Illegal immigrants
Language
Laws, regulations and rules
Mass media
Mass media effects
Migrants
Migration
Noncitizens
Part I: Mourning The Other
Politics
Protection
Psychological aspects
Refugees
Sentence structure
Unaccompanied
Undocumented immigrants
Violence
Europe
ISSN:0037-783X, 1944-768X, 1944-768X
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Summary:In the language of humanitarianism has played a central role in political and media debates about undocumented migrants/refugees crossing into Europe and North America. The unaccompanied minors entering the US reached the designation of "humanitarian crisis" in the summer of 2014, whereas the tipping point in the Mediterranean came in April 2015, when at least five boats sank and close to 1,200 people drowned en route to Europe. In response to the drownings of 700 people traveling from Libya to Lampedusa, European Union Foreign Policy Commissioner Federica Mogherini stated that "The EU was created on the idea of the protection of human rights, human dignity and human life. They have to be consistent with that idea" (Lyman 2015). In other words, it seems the only subject position available to those who are not trying to build fences or walls is "humanitarian."
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ISSN:0037-783X
1944-768X
1944-768X
DOI:10.1353/sor.2016.0030