Throughout this podcast, we’ve talked a lot about human migration events we are witnessing today. We’ve examined how displacement, poverty, persecution and economic opportunity have all contributed to human movement throughout history. But what

Episode 7: Illegal Movement

Aug 20th, 2018 14m 46s

In the last two episodes, I talked about borders and security. We talked about our desire to feel secure within a known community, and our instinctual response to flock towards those similar to us in times of uncertainty. But interestingly, in

Episode 6: Populism

Aug 20th, 2018 15m 48s

What do Donald Trump, Marine Le Pen, and Jeremy Corbyn all have in common? Despite their differences, each leader, at some point in their lives, has been labeled a populist. We’re told that populism is on the rise in Europe, with the emergence

Episode 5: Borders

Aug 20th, 2018 15m 41s

How much do you think where you were born defines who you are? Here’s a thought experiment. What would happen if you were born, say, 1000 km south of where you were. Well, you would have a completely different nationality. But not only that, y

Episode 4: Intergration

Aug 20th, 2018 15m 3s

Last episode we talked about the process of applying for asylum in Europe. But what we didn’t talk about, is what happens after that precious moment, when an asylum seeker is granted status, and they officially become a refugee of the state. I

Episode 3: Asylum

Aug 20th, 2018 16m 39s

Last episode, we talked about refugees, the global refugee crisis, and the complexities involved in defining who exactly is, and is not, a refugee. But, before someone even becomes a refugee, a state must first acknowledge them as one. And this

Episode 2: Refugees

Aug 20th, 2018 15m 15s

The European Refugee Crisis became widely publicized for the first time back in 2015, when the body of Alan Kurdi washed up on the shore near Bodrum, Turkey, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Alan was a small boy from Syria, his family

Episode 1: Migration

Aug 20th, 2018 15m 8s

For the past six months, I’ve been trying to unpack the meaning of one word: Migration. It’s something that seems deceptively easy to explain. When I first thought about it, I immediately thought back to high school geography. Where migration w

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