The politics of illegality in the humanitarian borderwork of Médecins Sans Frontières

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Publication date 04-11-2015
Publisher Oxford: Border Criminologies
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  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract This post looks at the impact and politics of illegality in the humanitarian borderwork undertaken by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the borderlands of Europe. It’s based on ongoing engagement with the Operational Centre in Amsterdam, which in part co-managed MSF’s much-publicised sea rescue operations in the Mediterranean with MOAS, and involves some very nascent reflections on current research.
Document type Web publication or website
Language English
Published at https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/research-subject-groups/centre-criminology/centreborder-criminologies/blog/2015/10/politics
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