On 9 Could 2018, as many European residents have been celebrating Europe Day, the useless physique of a younger black girl was discovered within the French river of Durance, not far-off from the Franco-Italian border. It was the physique of Blessing Matthew, a Nigerian woman in her early twenties. As many different individuals from Africa, Blessing crossed the Mediterranean Sea aiming for a greater life in Europe. However she encountered demise in unclear circumstances.
In accordance with some witnesses of the evening that led to Blessing’s demise, no matter occurred must be examined in relation to the actions undertaken by the French Police patrolling the border. This yr, on October twenty fifth, after investigation by the French police was declared inconclusive and two makes an attempt to deliver Blessing’s case to court docket in France have been dismissed, Tous Migrants, a French migrant advocacy group, introduced that it had filed an attraction with the European Court docket of Human Rights.
On this episode of Europe Talks Again, host Alexander Damiano Ricci talks to Janina Pescinski, Leverhulme Belief Doctoral Scholar at Queen Mary College of London, engaged on questions associated to migration, citizenship, and borders, to grasp the important scenario migrants live alongside the Franco-Italian border throughout the European Union.
You may observe Janina’s work on Twitter right here.
The weblog submit by Janina, by means of which we found Blessing’s story, you’ll find it at Concepts on Europe, the weblog of UACES, the affiliation for modern European Research.
The particular investigation carried out by the individuals behind Border Forensics, which led to the affiliation Tous Migrants to file an attraction with the European Court docket for Human Rights.
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