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Stierl, Maurice (2018) A fleet of mediterranean border humanitarians. Antipode, 50 (3). pp. 704-724. doi:10.1111/anti.12320 ISSN 0066-4812.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/anti.12320
Abstract
EUrope has created a space of human suffering within which military‐humanitarian measures seem urgently required if the mass drowning is to be halted. The framing of migration governance as humanitarian has become commonplace in spectacular border practices in the Mediterranean Sea. Nonetheless, maritime disasters continue to unfold. This article discusses three non‐governmental actors, part of an emerging “humanitarian fleet” that seeks to turn the sea into a less deadly space: the Migrant Offshore Aid Station, Médecins Sans Frontières, and Sea‐Watch. While the rescue of precarious lives and the alleviation of suffering are central concerns, they imagine their humanitarian practices, the subjects of their compassion, and EUrope's role in shaping borderzones in different ways, pointing to a wide humanitarian spectrum. Engaging with the different discursive frames created by the three “border humanitarians”, the article explores what possibilities exist for political dissent to emanate from within humanitarian reason.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) | ||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Antipode | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0066-4812 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | June 2018 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | 50 | ||||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 704-724 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/anti.12320 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||
Copyright Holders: | Antipode |
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