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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. Farhad Arian The Iranian government’s strict policies, legal restrictions and bureaucratic obstacles have largely violated human rights of Afghan...

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. Andrew Burridge Asylum seekers awaiting a decision on their application to remain in the UK are typically required to...

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. Renuka T. Balasubramaniam Malaysia has engaged in the de facto and temporary protection of asylum seekers for over 40...

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. Asher Hirsch Cameron Doig While the International Organization for Migration (IOM) portrays an image of itself as a humanitarian...

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. Kelly Soderstrom The norm of responsibility is central to the protection mandate inherent in asylum policy. Norm construction and codification...

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. Dr Caroline Fleay In contrast to Australian Government policies that aim to prevent the arrival of people seeking asylum by...

As of the end of November, the US will have reportedly resettled somewhere between 110 and 140 refugees from Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Nauru, with between approximately 1200 and 2000 refugees remaining on the two islands. Up to this point, what has been termed the ‘Pacific Solution’ had not been effective in...

There is no extant brief and sensitive mental health screening tool for asylum seekers and new refugees (ASR) designed to be administered by non-mental-health trained workers in receiving host nations. The STAR-MH was iteratively developed and piloted with adult ASR without a known current psychiatric diagnosis. 192 participants from 37 countries were administered the...

This article first appeared on The Research Whisperer, and is a collaborative effort by members of the Global Young Academy, the Young Academy of Scotland and Research Whisperer. It was developed by Dr Eva Alisic, Dr S. Karly Kehoe, Debora Kayembe, Dr Shawki Al-Dubaee, and Jonathan O’Donnell. Academic solidarity is a core value shared by researchers all...

In the summer of 1999, I started following North Korean refugees as a researcher. I was at the border town in China, just a few miles from North Korea, interviewing North Korean women and children who crossed the borders illegally in search of freedom, food, shelter and employment. North Korea and China have a bilateral...

Refugee Research Online

Iran’s Mistreatment of Afghans: Human Rights Violations of Refugees and Asylum Seekers

‘Signing On’ With the UK Home Office: Reporting as a Site of Anxiety, Detention and Solidarity

Protection in Malaysia and the Rule of Law

Managing Migration in Indonesia: The Role of IOM and Australia

German Political Identity and Approaches to Responsibility In German Asylum Policy

Collective responses and the university: Challenging the exclusion of people seeking asylum from Higher Education

Durable Solutions for Australian Refugee Partnerships

Mental Health Screening Tool For Asylum Seekers And Refugees: The STAR-MH

Supporting scholars seeking a new intellectual home – what can we do?

A Case for Altruistic Smuggling and Human Emotion