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Migration, Refugees and Statelessness Interdisciplinary Conference November 2023 University of Melbourne
Organised and hosted by the Melbourne Social Equity Institute, the annual Migration, Refugees and Statelessness Interdisciplinary Conference showcases the work of refugee and migration scholars... Read More
Book Review: The World is not Big Enough
Vanessa Russell, Hardie Grant Books, 2021 With some nervousness, this refugee supporter took the plunge in 2001 and did what many others have boldly attempted:... Read More
Freedom of expression at risk as US agency ends COVID-era interpretation services
Introduction In a move that has caused much anger and confusion, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is no longer providing free interpretation... Read More
Book Review: Cruel Care: a history of children at our borders
Jordana Silverstein, Monash University Publishing, 2023, 309 pages NOTE These reviews are not peer-reviewed by credentialled experts, so usually avoid professional criticism. Their purpose is... Read More
Book Review: Migrations – a history of where we all come from
Dorling Kindersley, a Penguin Random House Company, London, 2022, 287 pages Dorling Kindersley, the education and lifestyle publisher, has assembled a dozen contributors with relevant... Read More
Researching Tibetan youth in Delhi
By Kanchan Gandhi, Jessica James, Kanchandeep, Katyayni Mishra, Rohit Raj This blog post is collaboratively written by Dr Kanchan Gandhi and her students from the... Read More
Book Review: “My Fourth Time, We Drowned: seeking refuge on the world’s deadliest migration route” by Sally Hayden
Hayden, S “My Fourth Time, We Drowned: seeking refuge on the world’s deadliest migration route” 4th Estate, an imprint of Harper Collins, 2022, 480 pages... Read More
Expanding Humanitarian Parole
In January of 2023, the Biden Administration formally announced its new approach to border enforcement and immigration policy. Facing the inevitable end of Title 42,... Read More
The Role of the Environment and Objects for Refugees and its Implications for Therapy: A Psychoanalytic Approach
“And as the sun sets in the West, You will shed a tear, Longing to be back in the East. Immigrant.” Nishant Akhtar (Akhtar, 1999,... Read More
Book Review: Visiting Immigration Detention: care and cruelty in Australia’s asylum seeker prisons – Michelle Peterie
Michelle Peterie, Bristol University Press, 2022, 176 pages With the UK and others competing to become the least attractive destination for refugees and asylum seekers... Read More