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Ocho millones de niños menores de cinco años mueren cada año por causas en gran medida prevenibles. Un billón de personas viven en extrema pobreza. Miles de personas que huyen de la guerra de la pobreza o la persecución mueren cruzando fronteras internacionales. Los países ricos continuamente fortaleciendo las leyes y medidas para impedir que la gente no cruzen esus fronteras. Cientos de miles de refugiados terminan viviendo en “campos” de refugiados como si fueran delincuentes. 67 millones de personas viven como refugiados o personas desplazadas como consecuencia de la persecución, guerra, la pobreza o por otras causas. Creyendo que los seres humanos son “extranjeros” es la causa para que sus…
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Abolir étrangeté
Huit millions d’enfants sous l’âge de cinq meurent chaque année de causes en grande partie évitables. Dans certains pays 20 % d’enfants meurent avant qu’ils atteignent l’âge de cinq ans. Des milliers de personnes fuyant la guerre, de la pauvreté ou de persécution meurent franchissent les frontières internationales. Les pays riches renforcent continuellement des lois et mesures pour empêcher les gens de passage de leurs frontières. Des centaines de milliers sont détenus dans des prisons de migration «camps» comme s’ils étaient des criminels. 67 millions de personnes vivent comme réfugiés ou de personnes déplacées à la suite de persécution, de guerre, de la pauvreté ou d’autres causes. Un milliard de personnes…
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Abolire Estraneità
Otto milioni di bambini sotto l’età di cinque muoiono ogni anno in gran parte per cause prevenibili. In alcuni paesi il 20% dei bambini muore prima di raggiungere i cinque anni. Migliaia di persone in fuga da guerre, persecuzioni o povertà muoiono attraversando le frontiere internazionali. Paesi ricchi continuamente rafforzano leggi e misure per prevenire che le persone attraversano le frontiere. Centinaia di migliaia sono detenuti nelle carceri di migrazione – come se fossero dei criminali. 67 milioni di persone vivono come rifugiati o sfollati interni a causa della persecuzione, guerra, povertà o altre cause. Un miliardo di persone vivono in estrema povertà. Credere che gli esseri umani sono “stranieri” rende tale profonda violazione dei…
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The Crisis of Human Rights: Discrimination Against Non-Citizens
The basic idea at the heart of human rights is that all human beings are equal: equal in rights – equal in human dignity. This idea is universally accepted and believed. At the same time another idea – the idea that we are separately citizens of different countries is also a feature of the modern world – and the way it is practised has led to enormous discrimination and violation of human rights. In reality people, as a matter of law, have different fundamental rights even though we believe that all human beings are equal. In a recent paper titled “Human Rights in the Age of Migration: An Empirical Analysis of Human…
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Villawood Protests
What is a “protest”? In the context of democracy we think of them as citizen action – citizens speaking to their government – expressing their dissatisfaction with a policy or state of affairs. What then are we to make of the actions of a few non-citizens protesting on the roof of the Villawood detention centre in Sydney Australia? The protest started with the leap to his death of Josevata Rauluni 36 from the same roof on 20 September 2010 – who did not wish to be deported. A needless tragedy – for what harm could have come to Australia to extend to this man the hand of welcome? On our…
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A lesson from Europe
The question of the place of the Roma in European society has returned to the media spotlight. The New York Times reports that a meeting of European leaders this week “degenerated into open discord” over France’s plans to deport Roma. Since Romania and Bulgaria entered the European Union in 2007, Roma have migrated in increasing numbers to western Europe in search of work and education. This has raised questions in the EU, according to the Times, “over just how open its borders ‘open borders’ are.” The struggle of the European Union to deal justly with the Roma question serves as a reminder that foreignness is not just a legal or…
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What ended chattel slavery in the British Empire?
The question of how legal chattel slavery in the British Empire came to an end is an important question to ask. It is far from a historical curiosity. The end of legal slavery in the British Empire potentially contains lessons on how the human rights abuses of our own time might be addressed. Given the political and commercial interests invested in the continuation of slavery and the slave trade how could change ever have come about? Slavery in the British Empire: Hochschild In this video, Adam Hochschild, talks about why chattel slavery in the British Empire ended. He discusses the different stories that have been told (and not told) about this…
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Abolire Estraneità
“Quando … le nazione …, sono state trovate, attraverso una lunga successione di età, di concorrere ne le stesse usanze e abitudini, ci sembra sorgere una presunzione, che tali usi non solo sono eminentemente utili, ma si fondano anche sui principi di giustizia. Tale è il caso per quanto riguarda la schiavitù … “Thomas Clarkson 1785 Thomas Clarkson ha vissuto in un tempo e di luogo quando la schiavitù era legale. Ha lavorato per far cessare il commercio degli schiavi. Viviamo in un tempo quando è opinione diffusa che è ‘solo’ a discriminare gli “stranieri”. Le sofferenze subite dagli esseri umani a causa della divisione della famiglia umana in cittadino e…
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“Crossing Over” – Harrison Ford stars as ICE Agent
Crossing Over is a 2009 American independent film drama exploring the lives of illegal immigrants attempting to “cross the border” literally and metaphorically to achieve legal status in the United States. The film deals with the border, document fraud, the asylum and green card process, work-site enforcement, naturalization, the office of counter-terrorism and the clash of cultures. The film highlights the dehumanising effects of border controls on both those seeking to cross the border and those involved in maintaining them. It also explores the crossing of cultural boundaries and the real and psychological conflicts that can result. Harrison Ford stars as ICE Special Agent Max Brogan, Ray Liotta plays Cole Frankel and…
