Hannah Markay is a recent graduate of the MSc in refugee and forced migration studies at the University of Oxford. She is working in an observatory on migration in Lampedusa. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/hannah-markay/rss en Thu, 22 Nov 2018 14:30:00 +0000 Hannah Markay https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/11/22/how-the-debate-over-flags-sidelined-europes-migrant-rescue-ships https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/11/22/how-the-debate-over-flags-sidelined-europes-migrant-rescue-ships Europe’s aggressive migration policy has seen Italy dive into the obscure world of national shipping flags to sabotage rescue missions. Researcher Hannah Markay argues that such moves undermine the international legal requirement to save human lives at sea.