7
May
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 as a teacher I thrive off, and use in my reflective practice to address historical and cultural misconceptions constantly. With the worsening worldwide political climate, the amount of refugee students... Read More
24
Apr
Securing the Dreams of Scholars at Risk
*This contribution is provided by an anonymous author* People used to describe me as a dreamer. I am a dreamer in the sense that I dreamed one day I will find a cure for serious diseases, and I ended up working on colon cancer research at a prominent Australian University. There is a little story behind all... Read More
12
Apr
Australia and Refugees: Protection in Name Only?
As a party to the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol (henceforth “the Refugee Convention”), Australia is obliged to refrain from sending “refugees” as defined therein to places where they would face the risk of persecution. Australia is also a party to the Convention against Torture and the International Covenant... Read More
5
Apr
Waiting Years On End
According to statistics by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), by mid-2017 more than 65 million people had been forced to leave their homes due to conflict, disaster or poverty. A small fraction of them, about 14,000 people, have come to Indonesia seeking for international protection. Without a normative framework and the institutional... Read More
20
Mar
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, and participatory observation conducted between 2012 and 2017, this article explores the motivations for North Korean secondary migration and the role of transnational networks in the migration and settlement trajectory.... Read More
13
Mar
The impact of detention on the social–emotional wellbeing of children seeking asylum
There is a remarkable convergence in the findings of published studies in identifying a consistent profile of risk factors for poor health and wellbeing outcomes for refugee children. Reducing the time held in immigration detention centres may be one of the risk factors most amenable to public health interventions, particularly in reception countries of the west.... Read More
6
Mar
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, hosted in October 2017 at The University of Melbourne. Debbie Hocking, Suresh Sundram & Serafino Mancuso There is no extant brief and sensitive mental health screening tool for asylum seekers... Read More
2
Mar
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL COST OF SEEKING ASYLUM 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 October 2017 at The University of Melbourne. Tram Nguyen The current global humanitarian crisis involves over 65 million forcefully displaced persons. The Australian government response has involved... Read More
27
Feb
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SANFORD MEISNER-BASED DRAMA THERAPY INTERVENTION IN REFUGEE COMMUNITIES
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 October 2017 at The University of Melbourne. Mikel Moss This presentation will give a brief outline of an emergent drama therapy intervention utilising Sanford Meisner’s repetition... Read More
23
Feb
ARRANGED FRIENDSHIPS AND THE POTENTIAL OF INTERCULTURAL CONTACT
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 October 2017 at The University of Melbourne. Phillipa Bellemore While Australia’s settlement services are regarded as first class, there is a gap in the bridges between... Read More