The ontology of refugee is the problem, not the solution.
Theme: Geography of migration
Subject Article: "If she drowns she's a refugee, if she floats she's an economic migrant."
Other Links: 1. "Rethinking post-national citizenship: The relationship between state territory and international human rights law."
Postscript: For my doctoral dissertation (I didn't get beyond the exam stage), I intended to define geographic inquiry into the issue of human rights. My case study was the Reagan era interpretation of the Refugee Act, which paved the way for the spatial loophole known as Guantanamo. Migrants, domestic or international, experience less rights depending on where they are. Should what a newcomer to a neighborhood wants carry the same weight as what a tenured resident wants? Spike Lee's rant about gentrification is just as xenophobic as the anti-immigrant vitriol on display right now in Europe. All newcomers aren't welcome.
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