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Wasil Schauseil

(He/Him)
Berlin, Germany
As seen in: Neues Deutschland, diem25.org
Covers:  Global economic policy, debt, migration, European border and asylum policies, United Nations, border violence, security policy, human rights and grassroot activism, social movements & extractivism.
Doesn't Cover: Fashion, travel, psychology, philosophy, science, celebrities

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Wasil Schauseil’s Biography

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Wasil Schauseil works and lives as a freelance journalist in Berlin. He is a founding member of the www.migration-control.info platform.

Trained as political scientist and anthropologist, his work focusses on issues of global political economy, extractivism, migration, European externalization policy and border regimes as well as current conflicts in the Mediterranean region.

Wasil has been writing for taz, OXI, ROAR mag, Jacobin, DGVN, Heinrich-Böll-Foundation, thepaper.cn, MiGAZIN, Transparen…

Wasil Schauseil’s Journalist Portfolio

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Buffer Zone: The War on Migration in Libya

Buffer Zone: The War on Migration in Libya

Surge of violence against migrants and refugees in Libya shows: Europe's outsourcing border control to unstab…

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Handels- und Entwicklungskonferenz der Vereinten Nationen | XVI. Tagung 2025

Handels- und Entwicklungskonferenz der Vereinten Nationen | XVI. Tagung 2025

Sparzwänge auch für die UNCTAD - Verabschiedung des ›Genfer Konsenses‹ - Ungleichheiten der Weltwirtschaftsor…

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Hungerkatastrophe in Gaza - Zeit für Sanktionen

Hungerkatastrophe in Gaza - Zeit für Sanktionen

Ein UN-unterstütztes Expertengremium hat in Teilen des Gazastreifens eine Hungersnot festgestellt. Hunderttau…

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Das Völkerrecht ist nicht beliebig

Das Völkerrecht ist nicht beliebig

Die Grünen berufen sich gerne auf das Völkerrecht - doch wenn man sie auf israelische Kriegsverbrechen in Gaz…

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30 Jahre nach dem Völkermord in Ruanda: Lehren für die Weltgemeinschaft

30 Jahre nach dem Völkermord in Ruanda: Lehren für die Weltgemeinschaft

Vor 30 Jahren kam es in Ruanda zu einem brutalen Völkermord, dem bis zu 800.000 Menschen zum Opfer fielen. Wa…

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Ein Jahr Krieg im Sudan: Die Demokratiebewegung zwischen den Fronten

Ein Jahr Krieg im Sudan: Die Demokratiebewegung zwischen den Fronten

Nach jahrelangen Konflikten um die politische Zukunft Sudans, stürzte das Land Mitte April 2023 in einen Krie…

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Famine rages in Gaza: Israel lies, Germany distracts

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By Wasil Schauseil
| diem25.org
After more than a year of repeated warnings, the UN-backed Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) announced last week for the first time that famine is underway in parts of the Gaza Strip. According to the IPC, the lives of 132,000 children under five are at risk from malnutrition, and by the end of September more than half of all children in Gaza are expected to suffer from acute undernourishment.
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The consolidation of Europe's border regime in Greece

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By Wasil Schauseil, Louis Gore-Langton Verified, Andrew Zonneveld
| Roar Verified
Protesters in Mytilene, Lesvos, to stop mass deportations of refugees to Turkey. March 26, 2016. Photo: Phil Mike Jones / Flickr The disastrous fire of September 2020 at the Moria Refugee Camp on the island of Lesvos drew worldwide attention — not for the first time — to the catastrophic situation at Greece’s migration “hotspots.” Now, more than 18 months on, conditions in the country for refugees and migrants — as well as for solidarity work — continue to worsen.
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On the radar – How civil society work is under threat in Greece | Heinrich Böll Stiftung - Thessaloniki Office

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By Wasil Schauseil
| gr.boell.org
ANALYSIS Civil society players have been working hard for years to safeguard the fundamental rights of people seeking asylum in Europe. This has made them the target of an aggressive policy of deterrence, endangering both refugees and solidarity work itself. Immediately upon my arrival on the Greek island of Lesbos, I and four others were led by police officers for identity checks in a container on the other side of the ferry port.
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