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Bad tech

Bad tech

Data-snatching, AI and eye-spy: some of the new technologies undermining migrants’ rights.

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Jose Caceres, a migrant who was deported back to Honduras, holds up a picture of his sons. He was separated from his 11-year-old Brayan (right) five months ago as they tried to enter the US. Brayan is now living in a shelter in Maryland. Photo: Jim Wyss/Miami Herald/PA images

Deported by Silicon Valley

Governments are increasingly using surveillance and big data to track immigrants. Gaby del Valle reports from the US, where activists are trying to hold data-mining firm Palantir to account.

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Throughout history, migrants have often been treated as a source of disease and 'contagion'. (Left) Immigrant children are examined on arrival at Ellis Island, New York, 1911. Photo: Bettmann/Getty

How fear infected the border

Ruben Andersson traces the roots of a Freudian fixation.

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 Illustration: Denise Nestor (figures) and Amel al-Zakout (background scene)

Who do you save?

Syrian artist Amel al-Zakout nearly drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after her boat capsized en route to Greece. Volunteer lifeguard Gerard Canals was part of the rescue operation. Hazel Healy put the two in touch with each other to speak for the first time since the shipwreck.

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Previous page:  Students perform Irish dancing at the Queens Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, New York. For people from ethnic minority backgrounds living in Ireland, the friendly image of the ‘invisible border’ does not apply – racial profiling by police and immigration officials takes place at crossing points and in-country. Photo: Richard Levine/Alamy

Ireland’s invisible frontier

The threat of Brexit has caused great anxiety about the return of a ‘hard border’ in Ireland. Yet it’s minority communities who have the most to fear, writes Luke Butterly.

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 Illustration: Nick Taylor

Open borders, 2050

Alex Sager imagines a time when all people are free to move.

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Free entry

Free entry

Planet earth is not the same size for everybody. This infographic shows where you can travel to without a visa, depending on your nationality.

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Speak out

Speak out

A network of solidarity exists among and alongside those who move, and stay, without permission. Hazel Healy profiles three initiatives. ‘Is it fair that Europe walks as it wants in Africa but not the opposite?’ ‘Once you help, you cannot close your eyes’ ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’.

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Action on Borders

Links for campaigning and more reading on Borders.

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Europe-bound. Migrant travellers from Togo en route to Italy after being rescued by Spanish rescue NGO Open Arms, February 2017. Photo: David Ramos/Getty

The right to move

People have always moved and cultures have always mingled. So why the myopic obsession with borders, asks Hazel Healy.

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Reasons to be cheerful

Reasons to be cheerful

Ride and joy; Green hope; Truth to power.

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Spotlight: Peter Cusack

Louise Gray speaks to Peter Cusack about a sensory project bringing a new dimension to environmental storytelling.

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Mixed media: Music

O Céu é Velho há Muito Tempo; Bantou Mentale.

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Mixed media: Film

Sorry We Missed You; The Report.

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Mixed media: books

Sophia; A People’s History of Heaven; Nudibranch; Guest House for Young Widows.

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Bad tech

Data-snatching, AI and eye-spy: some of the new technologies undermining migrants’ rights.

January, 2020 523 Buy
Deported by Silicon Valley

Governments are increasingly using surveillance and big data to track immigrants. Gaby del Valle reports from the US, where activists are trying to hold data-mining firm Palantir to account.

Gaby del Valle January, 2020 523 Buy
How fear infected the border

Ruben Andersson traces the roots of a Freudian fixation.

Ruben Andersson January, 2020 523 Buy
Who do you save?

Syrian artist Amel al-Zakout nearly drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after her boat capsized en route to Greece. Volunteer lifeguard Gerard Canals was part of the rescue operation. Hazel Healy put the two in touch with each other to speak for the first time since the shipwreck.

Hazel Healy January, 2020 523 Buy
Ireland’s invisible frontier

The threat of Brexit has caused great anxiety about the return of a ‘hard border’ in Ireland. Yet it’s minority communities who have the most to fear, writes Luke Butterly.

Luke Butterly January, 2020 523 Buy
Open borders, 2050

Alex Sager imagines a time when all people are free to move.

Alex Sager January, 2020 523 Buy
Free entry

Planet earth is not the same size for everybody. This infographic shows where you can travel to without a visa, depending on your nationality.

January, 2020 523 Buy
Speak out

A network of solidarity exists among and alongside those who move, and stay, without permission. Hazel Healy profiles three initiatives. ‘Is it fair that Europe walks as it wants in Africa but not the opposite?’ ‘Once you help, you cannot close your eyes’ ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’.

Hazel Healy January, 2020 523 Buy
Action on Borders

Links for campaigning and more reading on Borders.

January, 2020 523 Buy
The right to move

People have always moved and cultures have always mingled. So why the myopic obsession with borders, asks Hazel Healy.

Hazel Healy January, 2020 523 Buy
Reasons to be cheerful

Ride and joy; Green hope; Truth to power.

Husna Rizvi November, 2019 522 Buy
Spotlight: Peter Cusack

Louise Gray speaks to Peter Cusack about a sensory project bringing a new dimension to environmental storytelling.

Louise Gray November, 2019 522 Buy
Mixed media: Music

O Céu é Velho há Muito Tempo; Bantou Mentale.

Louise Gray November, 2019 522 Read
Mixed media: Film

Sorry We Missed You; The Report.

Malcolm Lewis November, 2019 522 Buy
Mixed media: books

Sophia; A People’s History of Heaven; Nudibranch; Guest House for Young Widows.

Various Authors November, 2019 522 Buy