‘Weapons of mass migration’: how states exploit the failure of migration policies – podcast

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Just like the war on drugs and the war on terror, efforts at stopping population movement by force often just fuel the problem. But for many claiming to confront the perceived threat, that suits all too well. By Ruben Andersson and David Keen

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A Spanish legionnaire indicates the direction to follow to Moroccan citizens on El Tarajal beach, as they get out of the water on the Spanish side of the fence between the Spanish-Moroccan border, after thousands of Moroccans swam across this border on Monday, in Ceuta, Spain, May 18, 2021.
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