M.I.A. ‘Borders’ music video shows singer travelling with refugees

M.I.A.'s latest video, 'Borders.'

By Chris Jancelewicz-November 27, 2015

Music artist M.I.A. isn’t one to shy away from the issues of the day.

Her lyrics are often controversial and raw, as is the case with her latest music video for the song “Borders,” and the actual visuals are equally as stirring. Showing her among huge groups of refugees (obviously not real refugees), she travels with them as they climb up wire fences, pack into small boats traversing the water, and try to wade through the ocean.

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A nod to the current worldwide debate over the plight of Syrian refugees, M.I.A. even wears a Paris Saint-Germain soccer shirt, perhaps in reference to the recent terrorist attack in Paris.

“Borders” will appear on M.I.A.’s forthcoming studio album, Matahdatah.