Tori Travers

Tori is a freelance writer focused on international diplomacy and forced migration. She holds a dual BA in Public Policy and Global Studies from the University of Virginia and spent the past year resettling refugees in the US and assisting asylum seekers in Greek island refugee camps. Currently, she lives and works in Geneva.

Europe

Tori Travers September 7, 2018
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“Compact with Africa” Initiative Takes Aim at Roots of Mediterranean Migration Crisis

Barca walla barzakh – Barcelona or death – became a rallying cry for thousands of young Senagalese seeking new life…
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Europe

Tori Travers August 23, 2018
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Multilateral Agreement Between EU Members States Saves Migrants on Rescue Vessel MV Aquarius

A collective sigh of relief echoed among nonprofit workers and the 141 migrants aboard the MV Aquarius last week after…
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France

Tori Travers August 14, 2018
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Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité: France’s National Motto, Now Codified, Safeguards Humanitarianism

In a landmark decision last month, France’s Constitutional Council ruled that “fraternity is a constitutional principle”, thus grounding in law…
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Europe

Tori Travers July 31, 2018
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While Migration to Europe Subsides, Spain Sees Summer Spike

When the massive red hull of the Aquarius arrived in Valencia last month, the 630 migrants on board – hailing…
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Cyprus

Tori Travers July 4, 2018
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EU Leaders Find Consensus at Crucial June Summit on Migration

As the night sky over Brussels hinted at the coming dawn, bloc leadership emerged from the EU Council summit early…
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Greece

Tori Travers May 11, 2018
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Asylum Seekers Turn to Greece’s Evros Land Corridor for Access to Europe

The words European Forced Migration Crisis bring to mind images of bright orange life vests or of people huddled shoulder…
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Europe

Tori Travers April 27, 2018
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ESTIA Spells Home for Migrants in Greece

On a warm August evening last year, villagers from Choudetsi, a small town in Crete, gathered in the local elementary…
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France

Tori Travers April 19, 2018
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Parlez-vous Français? French President Macron Urges Increased Global Use of French Language

Back in 2012, The Economist published a thought piece on global languages — or, more specifically, which languages one should…
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Italy

Tori Travers April 10, 2018
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Migrants Revive Dying Italian Towns

Despite Italy’s economic turnaround over the past few years, hundreds of once prosperous Italian villages have become ghost towns as…
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