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AbstractAt the height of the refugee reception crisis in 2015, a large number of volunteers across Norway mobilized to bring assistance in different forms. The two most notable initiatives were Refugees Welcome Norway (RWN) and A Drop in the Ocean (Dråpen i Havet, DiH). RWN focused on those arriving in Norway and DiH on those arriving in Greece. Looking at these two initiatives' organizational trajectories together allows us to examine how they managed the transition from the immediate 'crisis' and large volunteer mobilization to finding a role for themselves in the longer‐term. Drawing on social movement theory and literature on humanitarian action, the article argues that the two organizations, while adapting in different ways, focused their organizations around 'making it easy' for volunteers to help. The article explores how this allowed to forge their distinct identity in the organizational landscape, while also engaging with volunteers' 'need to do something'.

Introduction : citizen humanitarianism at European borders / Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert and Elisa Pascucci -- Filling the baps : citizen humanitarianism in the context of crisis abandonment and criminalisation / Heidi Mogstad -- A community center in a humanitarian context : the professionalization of a grassroots initiative in Istanbul, Turkey / Tsjalline Boorsma -- Citizen humanitarianism and local responses to the migration crisis in Serbia / Svetlana Stanarević and Vanja Rokvić -- "They just come and try to help" : exploring the prioritisation of downstream accountability in Calais' citizen-led humanitarianism / Leila Denniston -- Melilla : fight and survival of activist humanitarianism / Clara Miralles Vila -- A more subversive humanitarianism? : the political strategies of grassroots initiatives supporting illegalized migrants / Robin Vandevoordt -- Beyond borders : the transnational turn of Russian refugee aid / Johanne Kalsaas -- Contesting humanitarianism through solidarity and hospitality in the French-Italian borderscape / Janina Louise Pescinski -- Proximity and protest : citizen demonstrations against anti-immigrant policies in eastern Sicily / Vera Haller -- Memorial tourism and citizen humanitarianism : volunteers' civil pilgrimage to the "life jackets graveyard" of Lesvos, Greece / Giovanna Di Matteo -- Approaching biographical life : grassroots humanitarianism in Europe / Luděk Stavinoha and Kavita Ramakrishnan -- Conclusion : citizen humanitarianism beyond the "crisis" / Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert and Elisa Pascucci.

At a time of escalating conflict between states and NGOs engaged in migrant search and rescue operations across the Mediterranean, this book explores the emerging trend of citizen-led forms of helping others at the borders of Europe. In recent years, Europe's borders have become new sites of intervention for traditional humanitarian actors and governmental agencies, but also, increasingly, for volunteer and activist initiatives led by "ordinary" citizens. This book sets out to interrogate the shifting relationship between humanitarianism, the securitization of border and migration regimes, and citizenship. Critically examining the "do it yourself" character of refugee aid practices performed by non-professionals coming together to help in informal and spontaneous manners, the volume considers the extent to which these new humanitarian practices challenge established conceptualisations of membership, belonging, and active citizenship. Drawing on case studies from countries around Europe including Greece, Turkey, Italy, France and Russia, this collection constitutes an innovative and theoretically engaged attempt to bring the field of humanitarian studies into dialogue with studies of grassroots refugee aid and, more explicitly, with political forms of solidarity with migrants and refugees which fall between aid and activism.This book is key reading for advanced students and researchers of humanitarian aid, European migration and refugees, and citizen-led activism.

"At a time of escalating conflict between states and NGOs engaged in migrant search and rescue operations across the Mediterranean, this book explores the emerging trend of citizen-led forms of helping others at the borders of Europe. In recent years, Europe's borders have become new sites of intervention for traditional humanitarian actors and governmental agencies, but also, increasingly, for volunteer and activist initiatives led by "ordinary" citizens. This book sets out to interrogate the shifting relationship between humanitarianism, the securitization of border and migration regimes, and citizenship. Critically examining the "do it yourself" character of refugee aid practices performed by non-professionals coming together to help in informal and spontaneous manners, the volume considers the extent to which these new humanitarian practices challenge established conceptualisations of membership, belonging, and active citizenship. Drawing on case studies from countries around Europe including Greece, Turkey, Italy, France and Russia, this collection constitutes an innovative and theoretically engaged attempt to bring the field of humanitarian studies into dialogue with studies of grassroots refugee aid and, more explicitly, with political forms of solidarity with migrants and refugees which fall between aid and activism. This book is key reading for advanced students and researchers of humanitarian aid, European migration and refugees, and citizen-led activism"--

At a time of escalating conflict between states and NGOs engaged in migrant search and rescue operations across the Mediterranean, this book explores the emerging trend of citizen-led forms of helping others at the borders of Europe. In recent years, Europe's borders have become new sites of intervention for traditional humanitarian actors and governmental agencies, but also, increasingly, for volunteer and activist initiatives led by "ordinary" citizens. This book sets out to interrogate the shifting relationship between humanitarianism, the securitization of border and migration regimes, and citizenship. Critically examining the "do it yourself" character of refugee aid practices performed by non-professionals coming together to help in informal and spontaneous manners, the volume considers the extent to which these new humanitarian practices challenge established conceptualisations of membership, belonging, and active citizenship. Drawing on case studies from countries around Europe including Greece, Turkey, Italy, France and Russia, this collection constitutes an innovative and theoretically engaged attempt to bring the field of humanitarian studies into dialogue with studies of grassroots refugee aid and, more explicitly, with political forms of solidarity with migrants and refugees which fall between aid and activism.This book is key reading for advanced students and researchers of humanitarian aid, European migration and refugees, and citizen-led activism.

ABSTRACTThis article is concerned with the rebellion in Darfur as a way to illustrate the politics of insurgency in the era of globalisation. We first show how the Darfur rebels have projected their struggle onto the world stage, before examining the effects that this has engendered. On the one hand, Darfur's global profile solidified the rebels' cause and co-opted international actors in support of it. This translated into real leverage for the rebels, and it constrained the Sudanese government by reducing its ability to use brute force. At the same time, internationalisation encouraged the Darfur rebels to make maximalist demands at the expense of articulating a broader political vision addressing the root causes of conflict. Moreover, the substitution of local legitimacy for international connections lowered the barriers of entry for new groups and thus promoted fragmentation. The combination of these effects makes for intractable conflict scenarios, the current situation in Darfur being a case in point.

1. Targeted "killer drones" and the humanitarian discourse : on a liaison / Susanne Krasmann -- 2. Lifting the fog of war? Opportunities and challenges of drones in UN peace operations / John Karlsrud and Frederik Rosen -- 3. Poison pill or cure-all : drones and the protection of civilians / Kristoffer Liden and Kristin Bergtora Sandvik -- 4. Creating the EU drone : control, sorting, and search and rescue at sea / Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert -- 5. The public order drone : proliferation and disorder in civil airspace / Kristin Bergtora Sandvik -- 6. a revolution in agricultural affairs : dronoculture, precision, capital / Brad Bolman -- 7. Wings for wildlife : the use of conservation drones, challenges and opportunities / Serge Wich, Lorna Scott and Lian Pin Koh -- 8. Drone/body : the drone's power to sense and construct emergencies / Mareile Kaufmann.