Deaths, Interventions, Humanitarianism and Human Rights in the Mediterranean ‘Migration Crisis’

Abstract

Recent declarations of ‘crises’ in the Mediterranean have been distinctly humanitarian, being linked to human deaths and suffering. The growing emphasis on humanitarianism and human rights has coexisted with a continued security rationale, as the three discourses work together in the governance of EUrope’s borders and in ongoing struggles over movement and control.

Notes

1. The term EUrope is used here to problematize the frequent coterminous usage of ‘EU’ and ‘European’, highlighting the divergences in legal and spatial limits between the EU and Europe (see Bialasiewicz, 2012).