The sea as humanitarian space
Non-governmental Search and Rescue dilemmas on the Central Mediterranean migratory route
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12588564 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eugenio Cusumano (0000-0002-7349-6639, History Institute, University of Leiden , Leiden, The Netherlands, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 387-394 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mediterranean Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-9395 • E-ISSN: 1743-9418 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13629395.2017.1302223 |
| OpenAlex | W2595137441 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
In 2016 only, more than 5000 migrants lost their lives while attempting to cross the Mediterranean. To mitigate this humanitarian emergency, ten different non-governmental organisations (NGOs) started conducting Search and Rescue (SAR) operations offshore Libya. While operating at sea ostensibly provides humanitarian relief organisations with the possibility to work free of political interference, non-governmental SAR entails operational and ethical dilemmas, forcing NGOs to accept uneasy compromises on the principles of neutrality, impartiality and independence that underlie humanitarian action
Humanitarian aid · Impartiality · Independence (probability theory · Neutrality · Political science · Politics · Search and rescue · Work (physics · Computer Science · Engineering · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Public Administration
“Africa does not Fit in Europe”
Rescuing, kidnapping, and criminalising. Migration containment in the Mediterranean
Advocates, Implementers or Allies? NGOs between Humanitarian Borderwork and Migration Management in Libya
Rocking the boat
The non-governmental provision of search and rescue in the Mediterranean and the abdication of state responsibility
News Coverage by Scholarship
Blue vs Green
Migrant rescue as organized hypocrisy
Free Mediterranean
Urban and social resilience—the role of cities and civil society organizations in the Search and Rescue system in the Mediterranean
Migration manifestos in the 2010s
Becoming Mediterranean
Morally evaluating human smuggling
The continuation of criminalization by other means
Straightjacketing migrant rescuers? The code of conduct on maritime NGOs
The ‘three absences’ of black Africans in European migration debates
The failure of regional refugee protection and responsibility sharing
The geoeconomics of protecting profits from migrants in maritime distress
Forced Migration, Oceanic Humanitarianism, and the Paradox of Danger and Saviour of a Vietnamese Refugee Boat Journey
The humanitarian dilemma reaches Europe’s doorstep
Care without Control
Geopoliticizing Geographies of Care
Gender, race, and crisis-driven institutional growth
Search and Rescue Ships as Exceptional Spaces in the Mediterranean
Anatomy of a crisis
Shrinking the space for civil society
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,89 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |