19
Jun
Paris? Melbourne? Public housing doesn’t just look the same, it’s part of the challenges refugees face
Whether in Melbourne or in Paris, African immigrants face social and cultural challenges, which public housing can either add to or help overcome. The public housing estates built in cities around the world since the first public housing was built in 19th-century London have long been home to the very vulnerable, including refugees and immigrants.... Read More
5
Jun
UN Global Compact on Refugees: Developing an Australian National Action Plan
The Global Compact on Refugees, endorsed in late 2018, has introduced a new dynamic into efforts internationally to improve burden and responsibility sharing for large-scale refugee movements. As an intended blueprint for fairer, more predictable and sustainable international cooperation, it contains suggested activities for States, such as Australia, to consider including in regional and national... Read More
22
May
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 and displacement. Her book ‘Gendered Harm and Structural Violence in the British Asylum System‘ offers an in-depth exploration of how the British asylum system contributes to the re-traumatisation of women... Read More
8
May
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 President Trump’s America. Since he took office, US decisions have eliminated almost half of the world’s total resettlement allocation for refugees; a White House insider quotes one of his top... Read More
26
Apr
Putting Gender on the Agenda in the Refugee “Crisis”
This post was originally published on the Social Sciences Birmingham blog at the University of Birmingham, UK. It has been slightly modified for publication on Refugee Research Online. Violence, insecurity, persecution, and human rights violations have led to the forced displacement of an estimated 68.5 million people (UNHCR, 2018a). Of these, 25.4 million are refugees... Read More
10
Apr
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 a Better World In the opening shot of It Will Be Chaos the camera pans down from a crane as two coffins slowly emerge from the back of a lorry.... Read More
3
Apr
Broken Promises: Historic Authoritative Rule and Selective Enforcement of International Law Fueling a Surge in Human Trafficking – the Case of Syria
The European Union’s (EU) approach in addressing the European Refugee Crisis was largely driven by security (home affairs), diplomatic concerns, and the interests of EU member states, while marginalizing non-security related policies despite a call by the EU Commission and High Representative for ‘coherence’ among coordination between EU policy sectors. As a result, EU responses... Read More
27
Mar
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: “Of course, we immigrants wanna sing all night long / Don’t you know the singing salves a troubled soul?”. It’s a sentiment that is shared by Hannah Moscovitch, Ben Caplan... Read More
21
Mar
Vital Volunteers and Australian Resettlement
Integration is one of the hot topics in the debate around durable solutions for refugees, particularly in resettlement. With forced displacement at an unprecedented level since World War II, protection responses for the around 68 million displaced people, particularly for the 25.4 million refugees, are required. Despite discussions between policy makers, academics, refugee advocates and... Read More
13
Mar
Can the Australian Healthcare Community be more effective in its Response to Immigration Detention?
What should the healthcare community do when faced with human rights abuses? Should we expose these violations and advocate for change, using our relatively powerful positions to influence the general public and those in power? While most would feel a sense of responsibility to do so, how we should go about this and what we... Read More