Christina Psarra is a humanitarian worker from Greece and has participated in many search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea. She is a Fulbright/Humphrey Fellow and a junior scholar at the Wilson Center. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/christina-psarra/rss en Laws & Policy Tue, 30 May 2017 13:40:17 +0000 Christina Psarra https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/05/30/the-deadly-humanitarian-ping-pong-of-refugee-rescue-at-sea https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/05/30/the-deadly-humanitarian-ping-pong-of-refugee-rescue-at-sea Coastal nations who rescue refugees at sea must allow them to claim asylum on land. Humanitarian worker Christina Psarra describes how this creates perverse incentives for states to leave people adrift or bounce refugees between different jurisdictions.