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Book Review: ‘Syrian Women Refugees: Personal Accounts of Transition’ – Dr. Ozlem Ezer
“Journeys come in many forms: planned, unplanned, short, long, tiring, comforting, illuminating, legal, undocumented, on foot, by boat, with or without someone waiting at the... Read More
A Review of “Making Migration Law: The Foreigner, Sovereignty and the Case of Australia”
Making Migration Law: The Foreigner, Sovereignty, and the Case of Australia Eve Lester, Cambridge University Press, 2018 The state’s assertion of “absolute sovereignty” as the... Read More
Book Review: ‘The Butterfly Refugee’ – Roger Ibn Tyrone
Refugee week (16-22 June, 2019) marks the timely release of the ‘The Butterfly Refugee’, a children’s book and poem written and illustrated by Roger Ibn... Read More
Book Review: ‘Gendered Harm and Structural Violence in the British Asylum System’ – Dr. Vicky Canning
Dr. Victoria Canning is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom (UK) who specialises in examining the intersection of gender... Read More
A Review of “Refuge Lost: Asylum Law in an Interdependent World”
Refuge Lost: Asylum Law in an Interdependent World Daniel Ghezelbash, Cambridge University Press, 2018 The “refuge lost” in the book’s title is literally true in... Read More
It Will Be Chaos: A Review
It Will Be Chaos Directed by Luciana Luciano and Filippo Piscopo Screened at Cinema Nova, Carlton, as part of the Transitions Film Festival: Visions for... Read More
Immigrant Punk: A Review of “Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story”
Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story Created by Hannah Moscovitch, Ben Caplan and Christian Barry In their song ‘Immigrant Punk’, Gogol Bordello include the lyrics:... Read More
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
Book Review: “The Mess We’re In – Managing the Refugee Crisis”
Andrew Bennetts, “The Mess We’re In – Managing the Refugee Crisis”, Trabagem Publishing, Camberwell 2017, 400 pages (available from Amazon and Booktopia) Moved by the... Read More
Book Review: “Refuge – Transforming a Broken Refugee System”, Alexander Betts and Paul Collier
“Refuge –Transforming a Broken Refugee System”, Alexander Betts and Paul Collier, Allen Lane imprint of Penguin Random House, 2017 This book seems very salient given... Read More