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Responsibility, emergency, blame: reporting on migrant deaths on the Mediterranean in the Council of Europe

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Responsibility, emergency, blame: reporting on migrant deaths on the Mediterranean in the Council of Europe. / Follis, Karolina.
In: Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 14, No. 1, 23.01.2015, p. 41-62.

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Follis, K 2015, 'Responsibility, emergency, blame: reporting on migrant deaths on the Mediterranean in the Council of Europe', Journal of Human Rights, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 41-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/14754835.2014.987737

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Follis, K. (2015). Responsibility, emergency, blame: reporting on migrant deaths on the Mediterranean in the Council of Europe. Journal of Human Rights, 14(1), 41-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/14754835.2014.987737

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Follis K. Responsibility, emergency, blame: reporting on migrant deaths on the Mediterranean in the Council of Europe. Journal of Human Rights. 2015 Jan 23;14(1):41-62. Epub 2014 Nov 24. doi: 10.1080/14754835.2014.987737

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Follis, Karolina. / Responsibility, emergency, blame : reporting on migrant deaths on the Mediterranean in the Council of Europe. In: Journal of Human Rights. 2015 ; Vol. 14, No. 1. pp. 41-62.

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