No more Deaths

Another find via Twitter, which has opened up so many new avenues for resourcing which are up to date, contemporary and contactable too.

No more deaths or No mas Muertes is an organisation that wants to decriminalise helping migrants who are making the crossing from Mexico into the US.
Check it out if you are teaching about migration.

Build a wall... possibly

There's not been a great deal of progress as yet on the border wall: the 'great big beautiful wall' which was promised by President Trump during the run in to the elections.
This weekend's Sunday Times had an excellent article on the border, written by Alex Hannaford, and with photography by Charles Ommaney.

It describes a journey along the wall to explore the landscapes and people who would be affected should a wall ever be built. It's not available online due to the pay wall, but is worth trying to track down a copy of yesterday's Sunday Times magazine - perhaps ask at school if any colleague bought it.
Alex drove along the border, and the piece is accompanied by excellent images.


Here's a Vimeo film on 'The Fence' on Charles Ommaney's website.

The Eagles of the Desert

A good piece in the New York Times on an organisation which helps those who are trying to cross into the USA from South American countries, particularly with the final stage of the journey: the crossing from Mexico.

Águilas del Desierto is the name of the organisation, and they voluntarily head into the desert to try to find and recover the bodies of those who have died trying to cross.
Their Facebook page is here.

Tom Kiefer's El Seuño Americano

Thanks to Darran Anderson @oniropolis on Twitter, and author of the excellent 'Imaginary Cities', for the tipoff to this exhibition of images by Tom Kiefer which show the belongings of migrants which have been confiscated by the authorities when they are apprehended.
The title means 'the American Dream' and for many this turns into a nightmare.
A useful review of the project here.