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
11
Mar
‘Whose voice is louder?’ Safe spaces as responses to gender-based violence in refugee settings
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, hosted in November 2018 at The University of Melbourne. HALA NASR Women-only safe spaces are increasingly recommended and implemented as part of gender-based violence responses in humanitarian and... Read More
7
Mar
Defining sexual and gender-based violence in the refugee context
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, hosted in November 2018 at The University of Melbourne. ANDREW SIMON-BUTLER The term ‘sexual and gender-based violence’ (SGBV) has gained prominence in international human rights documents and within... Read More
5
Mar
Women’s lives as asylum-seekers, in limbo, 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, hosted in November 2018 at The University of Melbourne. HANNE WORSOE Since 2011, about 36,000 people have sought safety in Australia by means of a people-smuggling boat. Policies... Read More
28
Feb
Exploring alcohol and other drug use among culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Victoria
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, hosted in November 2018 at The University of Melbourne. CAITLIN DOUGLASS Australia’s national drug and alcohol policies identify culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities as priority populations for... Read More