Rescue ships denied; children detained far away from parents; smugglers profiting to the tune of hundreds of millions. As crises across the globe drive people from their homes, the nations of the world are stepping up border security and building walls like never before in human history. While walls purport to increase security and halt unwanted people and activities, a closer inspection reveals something entirely different.

In the first of a series exploring the ins and outs of borders, we examine the paradoxes that exist on the margins of the walls that define our nations today. This is a world desperate to resist the powerful forces of climate change and economic collapse (events we directly caused) - and failing miserably. Walls, borders, immigration, and what it means to be a human in a global age as well as so much more this week in Ashes Ashes.

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Chapters

02:29 Modern Border Walls

06:37 Paradoxes of Modern Walls

09:00 US-Mexico Border

14:11 Walls Stop Crime and Drugs?

29:39 Dangers and Risks for Migrants

33:20 Risk the Dangers?

33:51 Walls and Terrorism

36:37 Walls Blur Lines

38:37 Walls and Labor

51:45 Why Do We Build Walls?

1:01:11 EU Tension

1:04:46 What Can We Do?

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