New M.I.A. video 'Borders' alludes to freedom for asylum seekers

Causing quite the stir across the world wide interwebs, the new single by M.I.A. Borders is brimming with images of what look like asylum seekers sailing (to quote the song) “north, south, east and west”, the allusion being that refugees ought to be free to venture to other parts of the world, away from the terror and various dilemmas of their birthplaces.

While the main focus of the song is an anti-borders cry, in the self-directed video the singer also appears to question a host of other issues: general world politics, royal privilege (“Queen, what’s up with that?”), gun laws, ID theft, capitalism – to name a few.

View the video above and let us know what you think!  Michael Mastess