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As the current burning topic of border closures demonstrates-whether they result from the Covid-19 pandemic or the construction of anti-migrant walls-in today's world, borders are making a comeback. My experience as a researcher in France's Calais , a migrant encampment situated close to the border with the United Kingdom-as well as the case study of a refugee patient seen in psychanalytic consultation in Paris-serves to demonstrate how the experience of borders enduringly affects the psyches and bodies of migrants. This article examines the close relationship between psychic life and geopolitical life, as well as the way in which the border experience desubjectivizes as much as it opens up the possibility of resubjectivation.
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March 2019
Independent Researcher.
The European 'refugee crisis' has generated a broad movement of volunteers offering their time and skills to support refugees across the continent, in the absence of nation states. This article focuses on volunteers who helped in the informal refugee camp in Calais called the 'Jungle'. It looks at the importance of emotions as a motivating factor for taking on responsibilities that are usually carried out by humanitarian aid organizations.
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November 2017
Epicentre, 8 rue Saint-Sabin, Paris, France.
Background: In 2015, more than 1 million refugees arrived in Europe. During their travels, refugees often face harsh conditions, violence and torture in transit countries, but there is a lack of quantitative evidence on their experiences. We present the results of a retrospective survey among refugees in the 'Jungle' of Calais, France, to document their health problems and the violence they endured during their journeys.
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January 2017
GP, Health Inclusion Clinic, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Unaccompanied children in the Calais refugee camp eligible under the European Union Dublin III agreement to join their families in the UK left the so-called Jungle ahead of its closure last month. Once they arrive in the UK and begin to recover from their ordeal, one of the most vital things they will need is healthcare.
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