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A Call to Action: Pass the Afghan Adjustment Act
When Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, a humanitarian crisis ensued that was 20 years in the making. We saw the shocking images... Read More
Upcoming Event: ‘We don’t want to give away how you hack the system’: An Emotional History of the Department of Immigration and Child Refugees
Dr Jordy Silverstein explores what can be learnt about the place of child refugees in Australian policy history. Presented by the Melbourne Social Equity Institute... Read More
Collateral diplomacy: Kenya’s diplomatic failure with Somalia
In March 2020 President Kenyatta warned Somalia to ‘stop and desist from unwarranted provocations’ from what he termed as ‘provoking Kenya by violating her territorial... Read More
Essay: How should we define refugees?
“A Proper Conception of refugeehood is an important matter” – Shacknove (1985, 276). In this piece, I offer a critical look at the scholarly... Read More
Fickle nationalism or international co-operation?
On the 23rd of September, two weeks after a fire leveled parts of the Lesvos refugee camp Moria, the EU commission proposed a new pact... Read More
The EU’s Relocation of Unaccompanied Migrant Children to Safe Havens: A Good Practice?
The COVID-19 pandemic as a ‘ticking health bomb’ has proven to be a difficult time for everyone, but for the Unaccompanied or Separated Migrant Children... Read More
Interview with Ahmad Hakim, Founder and Co-Director of Refugee Voices
Ahmad Hakim is the founder and co-director of Refugee Voices, a new refugee-led community organisation in Australia. It is committed to ensuring that people from... Read More
Our lives matter – Melbourne public housing residents talk about why COVID-19 hits them hard
Our lives matter – Melbourne public housing residents talk about why COVID-19 hits them hard Sandra Carrasco, University of Melbourne; Majdi Faleh, University of Melbourne,... Read More
Refugees writing change: Help launch The Archipelago online magazine
This post has been shared at the request of Kieren Kresevic Salazar, founder of The Archipelago online magazine. We’re deeply committed to our writing… We’re... Read More
Why has Maryam left Sweden after four years and 3 months?
This piece was originally published by the University of Birmingham’s Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) and has been re-posted with permission from the author.... Read More