Mass #migration is no ‘crisis’: it’s the new #normal as the climate changes | Ellie Mae O’Hagan | Comment is free | The Guardian
▻http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/18/mass-migration-crisis-refugees-climate-change
I’ve been interested in the way the migrant crisis is being debated in politics and the media. It’s that word – crisis – that is particularly striking. It suggests that what we’re seeing in across Europe is an aberration, a temporary disaster to be “solved” by politicians. Even the sight of ramshackle tents in Calais suggests a phenomenon that could be cleared away at any given moment.
