Sentences with phrase «porous borders»

Schwabsky writes: «the fact that so many painters today are working along the broad and very porous border between abstraction and images is a sign that this boundary is, in itself, an object of great fascination.

About the only unnecessary tangents here are Heineman's trips north of the border, where American paramilitaries have taken it upon themselves to police Arizona's porous border with Mexico.

The Assistant National Secretary General of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Ibrahim Abdullahi has said the existence of porous borders in the country is being responsible for the incessant herdsmen crisis in some parts of the country.

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The presence of Chinese nationals in Africa's informal economies — displacing petty traders and artisanal gold miners at the bottom of the socio - economic ladder in places like Congo, Mozambique and Zambia — will continue to be a flashpoint for China - Africa relations, as will the volume of cheap Chinese goods moving through porous borders.

More so when we are being confronted with very porous borders across the country.

Trafficking relies on porous borders, corrupt officials, and strong networks of organized crime, all of which undermine our mutual security.

Straight photographs can't quite convey the increasingly porous border between the natural and the artificial, between the real and the virtual.

Buratai identified Nigeria's weak industrial base, the effect of climate change on the environment and Nigeria's porous borders as some of the factors fuelling armed conflict in Nigeria.

West Africa's 2014 Ebola epidemic demonstrated what can happen when a contagious virus emerges amid a population served by a broken medical system, and where cultural practices, public fears and porous borders fuel the spread of disease.

But these tactics merely shift the migration flow to more porous borders.»

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Metcalf writes: «In a time of porous borders, drug cartels, alien smuggling, human trafficking, immigration fraud, and a still - raging War on Terror, gamed numbers conceal risk to national security and compromise to American neighborhoods.

Buffett said that America's porous border security has a negative impact on the country but added that Trump's border wall is more about political pandering to his base.

Our porous border with Somalia is also a concern for our visitors.

It involves land, sea and air forces and covers parts of Egypt's Nile Delta and the Western Desert, along the porous border with Libya.

«As well as failing to enforce the law, our porous borders allow weapons to simply flow into the country while the government's failure to combat the scourge of drugs also fuels so much violent crime.»

Both countries have long - running disputes over river waters; there have been numerous incidents of violence between their border forces; and Indian politicians allege that millions of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh have crossed into India through the porous borders.

The first is that it is extremely hard to secure long and porous borders, such as the border between Kenya and Somalia, and so in practice sealing the country off from its neighbours may not be possible.

«We must also seek to reduce the vulnerabilities presently inherent in our porous borders that have been exploited by the Boko haram to perpetrate their crimes of hate and insecurity in the North Eastern part of Nigeria, which borders Cameroon and also by economic saboteurs in the maritime and littoral South eastern states of our countries» the minister said.

He told politics.co.uk: «I would appreciate it if we could man the borders better,» adding that negotiations were underway to improve matters on the porous border.

The Nigerian Customs Service has to play its statutory role by manning our porous borders efficiently so as to prevent the smugglers from getting those banned products to our various markets.

«You see it with the Syrian refugee crisis, and with our porous border — it's a deliberate effort to completely introduce a voter base that's loyal to one party and one ideology.»

Jammeh unequivocally sponsored the Casamance rebels and enable them to have safe heavens in the porous borders between Senegal and The Gambia, notably in Bulock, Ndemban, Jalokuto, Somita, Kanilai, Bunubore, Kanilai only to name a few.

«We share common border with Niger Republic; it is a vast and porous border,» he said, adding that this made it easy for criminal elements to move in, as well as small arms.

For example, frequent travel across porous borders, poor nations with limited health infrastructure and no prior experience with Ebola, a history of regional conflict, and local customs (e.g. burial practices) contribute to how quickly and easily outbreaks can spread.

The epicenter of the outbreak, the densely forested region at the intersection of these countries» porous borders, is home to about one million people, Frieden said.

«That's important, because the three main affected countries — Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea — are often described as having «porous borders» which allowed people to travel back and forth.»

Among the questions addressed by the Cell paper that have the potential to shape policy was whether «porous borders» contributed to the rampant spread of the disease.

In the U.S., Tim «Nailer» Foley, a leather - skinned crusader with a checkered past, leads an organization called the Arizona Border Recon on missions to keep cartel scouts and mules from crossing over the porous border.

There was still plenty of room at this festival for films that adhered more to the True / False mission statement of exploring the porous borders between fiction and non-fiction.

Roy's in a rage and aims to see justice done, while there's nary an ally for a Mexican in a small Arizona town tired of dealing with those crossing illegally over the porous border.

A porous border compromises the safety of our families — that's why Steve will always advocate for effective border security measures.

«We're the nucleus of an arts colony with porous borders, and many of the half - million people who come here each year are artists themselves.

Working across the media of painting, photography and video, Shiraz Bayjoo explores notions of nationhood, personal and collective identities and porous borders.

Bridging fabricated and found objects, these interrelated series articulate themes of systemisation, consumption, and the porous border between functionality and formal allure.

Organized crime syndicates are linking up with them to move the ivory around the world, exploiting turbulent states, porous borders and corrupt officials from sub-Saharan Africa to China, law enforcement officials say.