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The 2018 RAS Interdisciplinary Conference: A Review
The annual Researchers for Asylum Seekers Interdisciplinary Conference took place at the University of Melbourne in November, 2018. The conference showcased current research on issues... Read More
Can Opposing Groups Agree To Disagree?
How many migrants should we take? Is our border protection adequate? Are detention centres warranted? Australian society continues to be fragmented in attitudes towards these... Read More
Achieving Change in Australian Refugee Policy: A Case Study in the Limits of Law and Political Activism?
In 2015, the Human Rights Law Centre, acting pro bono on behalf of a Bangladeshi woman (Plaintiff M68),[1] brought proceedings in the High Court seeking... Read More
Refugee crisis: the immediate and lasting impacts of powerful images
Emma Thomas, Associate professor, Flinders University; Craig McGarty, Professor, Western Sydney University, and Laura G. E. Smith, Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology, University of Bath This article is about... Read More
Communicating refugee research insights
“No-one will read your thesis”. PhD candidates are often told this during doctoral study. In response to this deflating statement, I bite my tongue. The... Read More
Film Review: “Border Politics” a Rymer Childs Documentary
“Border Politics” a Rymer Childs Documentary, now showing nationally. 94 mins. Refugee advocate Julian Burnside QC is the presenter of this Australian film, whose... Read More
The Hijab in the West: A Negotiation of Identity
The Hijab in the West: A Negotiation of Identity, exclusion/inclusion for refugee Muslim Women in Australia A handful of researchers have tried to understand the... Read More
Refugee Engagement with History Education in Inner-city Schools
As a History teacher in an inner London school, there is a huge amount of diversity between students’ backgrounds, beliefs, religions and traditions. Something that... Read More
North Korean secondary asylum in the UK
The number of North Korean secondary migrants from South Korea has grown markedly in the last 10 years. Drawing on semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions,... Read More
MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING TOOL FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES: THE STAR-MH
This post forms part of our series in showcasing abstracts of presentations featured at our annual postgraduate interdisciplinary conference on refugee and forced migration research,... Read More