human rights

Asylum in a Climate-Changed World: Bridging the Protection Gap in the EU

January 8, 2020 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

Climate change and the consequential natural disasters have become common drivers of migration—a phenomenon that will be further exacerbated as the climate crisis continues. Does the EU legislature address this issue?

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I am a Maltese Woman and I’m Married to a Black Man

July 31, 2019 by The IotL Magazine 1 Comment

Strangers’ prying eyes frighten me now. After the horrendous murder of Lassana Cisse, I became, for the first time, worried about my husband’s safety. I fear for his life.

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Unmarked Graves and a Marble Knot: Memory and Migration in Malta

April 18, 2019 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

The fact that deaths in the Mediterranean and the suffering of people migrating have been regular news items for years should not lead to a normalisation of this situation.

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The Curse (Malédiction)

February 26, 2019 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

A poem by Hassan Yassin.

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The Road to Repeal: How Ireland Said ‘Yes’

February 18, 2019 by The IotL Magazine Leave a Comment

On May 25, 2018, the people of Ireland voted overwhelmingly in favour of repealing the 8th amendment of the Irish Constitution—the article that had hitherto made it effectively impossible to legislate for abortion even in the most extreme of circumstances.

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