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Trauma, cultural identity and integration: A psycho-social approach to investigating the mental health of refugees in Australia
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
Female refugees: Bodies as counter-political testifiers
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
“We’re talking about real people”: Audience perceptions of dehumanisation and exclusion in Australian news representations of asylum seekers
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
Who Are Palestinian Refugees?
A brief historical account of Israeli and Palestinian conflict The Palestinian and Israeli conflict has been ongoing since the 1800s. Initially, the migration of European... 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
Rohingya Refugee Deportation: Locating “Voluntary Repatriation” between National Security and Political Expediency
The hastiness demonstrated by the Government of India (GoI) in deporting 7 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar has once again established inherent discriminatory practices pursued by... Read More
Making Connections: a mentoring program for university students with a refugee background
Many refugees and people seeking asylum are keen to study at university to enable pathways to meaningful work, but face barriers in navigating the university... Read More
Psychosocial-Oncology and Adolescents and Young Adults
As a psychologist, researcher and lived experience with cancer, I am keen to develop a program of research in psychosocial-oncology and particular in the area... 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
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