The New Internationalists: Activist Volunteers in the European Refugee Crisis
Author: Sue Clayton
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Print Length: 432 pages
Genre: Non-Fiction / Social Science
Area: Europe, Lesbos – Chios – Samos – Idomeni – Athens (Greece), The Balkans, Ventimiglia – Lampedusa – Sicily (Italy) Malta, Central Mediterranean, Calais – Dunkerque/Dunkirk – Paris (France), Brussels (Belgium), The United Kingdom (UK)
Topic: Activism, Asylum, Asylum & Refugee System, Refugees & Forced Migration, Internationalism, Social Cohesion, Social Impact, Social Movement, Social/Aid Workers, Solidarity, Charity, Humanitarian Action, Non-Profit Organization (NGO), The European Union (EU), Wellbeing
An account of the mobilization of thousands of volunteers who rescued, supported, and welcomed refugees during the recent European refugee crisis.
In The New Internationalists, Sue Clayton tells the story of the largest civic mobilization since the Second World War, when volunteers—many young and untrained—took on unimaginable responsibilities and saved thousands of lives. During the European refugee crisis of 2015–2020, they witnessed firsthand the catastrophic failure of established NGOs, and the indifference—and frequently, the open hostility—of the EU and national governments. Many faced state hostility themselves. Their accounts show how activist volunteers have shaped today’s European humanitarian agenda, and provide a powerful critique of the failures of current policy.
With The New Internationalists, Clayton offers a contemporary history and critical contextualization of this powerful new force. Mapping key flashpoint locations and curating unique firsthand testimonies, she explores how during the crisis, when almost two million people reached Europe by deadly sea-crossings, more than 100,000 citizens came together in new grassroots social formations to rescue, support, and welcome them. She provides a unique and multifaceted account, based on evidence and testimonies, and situates it within current debates on humanitarianism and contemporary social and solidarity movements.
Table of Contents
Foreword — Gulwali Passarlay
Foreword — Lord Alf Dubs
Preface — Sue Clayton
Acknowledgements — Sue Clayton
List of Contributors
Map of Migration Routes across Europe
1. Filling the Gap: Refugee Arrivals 2015-2020 and Europe’s Crisis of Humanitarianism — Sue Clayton
2. The Background to the Activist Volunteer Response — Jon Borton
THE GREEK ISLANDS
3. Testimonies from the Greek Islands — Sue Clayton
Flashpoint: Lesvos/Lesbos and Chios — Kester Ratcliff and Sue Clayton
Flashpoint: Samos — Pru Waldorf
THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN
4. Testimonies from Southern Italy, the Sea-Rescues and Malta — Sue Clayton
Flashpoint: Lampedusa — Sara Creta
Flashpoint: Sicily — Simona Bonardi
Flashpoint: The Sea-Rescues — Sue Clayton
Flashpoint: Malta — Maria Pisani and Sue Clayton
WAY-STATIONS
5. Testimonies from the Balkan and Alpine Routes — Sue Clayton
Flashpoint: Idomeni — Treasa O’Brien and Dan Dowling
Flashpoint: The Balkan States — Nidžara Ahmetašević and Jack Sapoch
Flashpoint: Ventimiglia — Mirko Orlando and Sue Clayton
THE NORTHERN FRONTIER
6. Testimonies from Northern France and Belgium — Sue Clayton
Flashpoint: Calais — Tess Berry-Hart
Flashpoint: Dunkerque/Dunkirk — Maddie Harris
Flashpoint: Brussesls —Niki Papadogiannakis
7. The Endeavour Towards Wellbeing — Charlotte Burck, Justine Corrie and Gillian Hughes
BRINGING IT HOME
8. Testimonies on Welcoming and Campaigning — Sue Clayton
Flashpoint: The UK — Tess Berry-Hart and Sue Clayton
Flashpoint: La Chapelle, Paris — Anna-Louise Milne
Flashpoint: Athens — Sumita Shah
9. A New Politics of Solidarity? — Anna-Louise Milne
Flashpoint: Returns to Lesvos/Lesbos, 2019-20 — Elle Wilkins and Sue Clayton
10. Postscript: September 2020 — Sue Clayton
Dedication
Glossary of Proper Names
Appendix: Full List of Testimony Contributors
Sue Clayton is a film director, writer, and composer. Her films include The Stansted 15 on Trial, about a group of peaceful protesters charged with terrorism; Calais Children: A Case to Answer, made in the Calais Jungle refugee camp and winner of seven international awards; and Hamedullah: The Road Home, which follows a young refugee in the UK who was deported back to Afghanistan. Professor of Film and Television at Goldsmiths University of London, she is also the co-author of Unaccompanied Young Migrants: Identity, Care and Justice.
Source: https://www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-press/publications/the-new-internationalists-/
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