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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/130878| Title: | Repression without compassion : forced migration governance at the EU’s Southern frontier |
| Authors: | DeBono, Daniela Khakee, Anna |
| Keywords: | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023 Migration -- Malta Forced migration -- Cases Asylum, Right of Emigration and immigration -- Malta Emigration and immigration -- European Union countries Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects Immigrants -- Cultural assimilation |
| Issue Date: | 2025 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group |
| Citation: | DeBono, D., & Khakee, A. (2025). Repression without compassion : forced migration governance at the EU’s Southern frontier. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 1-15. |
| Abstract: | People arriving by boat to Malta during the COVID-19 pandemic were singled out as a threat to the nation and as less worthy of assistance. Their rights were curtailed making material and physical survival difficult. This article traces forced migration governance in Malta, a member state located on the EU’s southern frontier, showing how seamlessly humanitarian elements were eliminated from the system. Theoretically, this is conceptualized as a case of “compassionate repression” shifting to a system here characterized as one of “repression without compassion,” where both makeshift practices and discursive portrayals of repressive policies as humane are eliminated. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/130878 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtAS Scholarly Works - FacArtIR |
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