Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move

Key information

Date
Time
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Venue
Russell Square: College Buildings
Room
G52

About this event

Dr Reece Jones (Hawaii, Dept of Geography)
Over forty thousand people died trying to cross international borders in the past decade, with the high-profile deaths along the shores of Europe only accounting for half of the grisly total. This presentation argues that these deaths are not exceptional, but rather are part of a long history of state attempts to protect wealth and privilege through movement restrictions on the poor. Loading the player...

Dr Reece Jones Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move


About the speaker

Reece Jones is a Professor of Geography at the University of Hawaii in Manoa, and the author of Border Walls: Security and the War on Terror in the United States, India, and Israel .

Organiser: Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies

Contact email: cb92@soas.ac.uk