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The problematic coverage of Ukraine

by Kanumera Creiche

Comment writer Kanumera Creiche evaluates news coverage of the War in Ukraine and explains why it is problematic.

An interview with the Quilliam Foundation’s Haydar Zaki

by Kate Jones

Isit down with the Quilliam Foundation’s Haydar Zaki on a chilly February evening. A sizeable audience have just watched the counter-extremism think-tank’s Programs Officer discuss the impact of terrorism on the refugee crisis, a talk organised by Student Action for Refugees (STAR) Exeter. Zaki proves an engaging speaker, delivering hard-hitting messages regarding extremism, ISIS, universal […]

Crisis in Calais – eviction, immigration, and authority

by Bea Fones

Even as world leaders meet in an emergency summit to discuss what is being recognized as the worst refugee crisis since World War Two, refugees in the Calais “Jungle” camp are being evicted from the fragile structures they have made their homes, as French police move in with bulldozers and riot shields. The refugee crisis […]

Exe student cares for Calais

by Fiona Potigny

Following recent and severe clashes between police and migrants at the Calais ‘Jungle’ camp, one University of Exeter student has found a unique way to lend her support. Final-year student Georgina Lewis is currently raising money to buy swimming goggles for refugees living in the ‘Jungle’ in an attempt to protect them from police brutality, which […]

Why I owe it all to: Angela Merkel

by Katie Jenkins

With the release of Time’s ‘People of the Year’ earlier this month, there emerged the usual controversies. Many readers condemned the decision to place ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in second position, arguing that it demonstrated crass insensitivity to the extremist violence he has advocated. Meanwhile, Donald Trump demonstrated characteristic modesty at being runner up, […]

Can Angela Merkel pull this one off?

by Hannah Butler

From inspirational stories of Germans helping those in need to terrifying reports of attacks by right-wing extremists, Germany’s response to the refugee crisis has ignited debate across Europe. But, how is the country really navigating the crisis? Helping hands across Germany In September 2015, 160,000 refugees were registered in Germany. For some, the figure was […]

Compassion in action: Exeter volunteers to take aid and letters of support to Calais

by A.HANSON-BRAY and Fiona Potigny

Two Exeter students will be leaving Freshers for France this weekend to provide on-scene support to the deserted refugees in Calais. Moved to action by the plight of families left stranded in the Northern French port city due to the escalating refugee crisis, Georgina Lewis and Bea Fones will make the trip this Friday 18 […]

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