What do we really know about the experience of migrants at the border between Italy and France, the hazards they encounter, repression they endure, and the assistance they receive? These critical questions are addressed in Exile: Chronicle of the Border, a book by Didier Fassin, James D. Wolfensohn Professor in the School of Social Science, and Anne-Claire Defossez, Visitor in the School.
On November 22, five days into the gilets jaunes
protests, with some 2,000 roads and roundabouts barricaded across
the country and 280,000 demonstrators having taken to the streets
in the major cities, Emmanuel Macron welcomed journalists from
Le...
In 2007, when Ségolène Royal announced her candidacy to the
Socialist primary for the presidential election, Laurent Fabius,
former prime minister under President François Mitterrand,
ironically commented: “But who will take care of the kids?”
an...
