20
Oct
“We are the ‘Asylum Seekers’”: The ‘Joyful Migration’ of Indonesian Gay Men in Paris
I was going to Marseille, France in 2010 to do my doctoral degree. I was conducting research about migration and family relationships through the cases of Indonesian gay men. While I was in the airplane from Jakarta to Paris, I thought about my respondents and why they migrate to Paris and whether they will accept... Read More
7
Oct
The EU’s Relocation of Unaccompanied Migrant Children to Safe Havens: A Good Practice?
The COVID-19 pandemic as a ‘ticking health bomb’ has proven to be a difficult time for everyone, but for the Unaccompanied or Separated Migrant Children (UAMCs) stranded on the Greek islands, certain opportunities have emerged. The urgency caused by the pandemic coupled with the campaign ‘Free the Children’ by Human Rights Watch has compelled the... Read More
16
Sep
Decolonising Kurdish Refugee Studies: The Need for a Critical, Reflective and Emancipatory Approach
Over recent years, with the rise in Kurdish refugees in Europe and the disastrous events in the Middle East, there has been an increased focus on Kurdish refugees and migrants in migration studies especially within the context of Turkey and Turkish nationalism. Academics have carried out research into and have tried to understand the social... Read More
3
Sep
Interview with Ahmad Hakim, Founder and Co-Director of Refugee Voices
Ahmad Hakim is the founder and co-director of Refugee Voices, a new refugee-led community organisation in Australia. It is committed to ensuring that people from refugee backgrounds and with lived experience of claiming asylum in Australia have their voices foregrounded in campaigns, mobilisations and public policy debates. Our co-editor, Mark Justin Rainey, speaks to Ahmad... Read More
20
Aug
We must not forget the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 Pandemic
The spread of COVID-19 continues to grow uninhibited. The number of countries in the world that have not been affected by the epidemic is almost non-existent. Countries are working to prevent the spread of COVID-19 disease and for the recovery of their infected citizens. One of the most fundamental of these measures is that countries... Read More
12
Aug
Our lives matter – Melbourne public housing residents talk about why COVID-19 hits them hard
Our lives matter – Melbourne public housing residents talk about why COVID-19 hits them hard Sandra Carrasco, University of Melbourne; Majdi Faleh, University of Melbourne, and Neeraj Dangol, University of Melbourne This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The toughest lockdown imposed on residents of... Read More
6
Aug
The Model Host: The Global North’s Convenient Guide to the International Refugee Burden-Sharing Regime
This article argues that the ‘model host’ narrative is a Northern tool to further perpetuate unequal distributions of global power within the international refugee ‘burden-sharing’ regime, and that rather than defining the ‘model host’, actors should turn their attention to producing more equitable financial and physical refugee ‘burden-sharing’. The case study of Uganda is used... Read More
17
Jun
The Mental health and well-being of the Rohingya in Bangladesh beyond COVID-19
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) [pdf] one in every five people living in areas beset by conflict experience some form of mental health condition. However, some Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Aid agencies have estimated this figure is higher for Rohingya people living in Bangladesh; according to these bodies the most common mental health... Read More
10
Jun
Political Considerations of the Rohingya Refugee Crisis and its Ramifications
According to the UNHCR, over a million Rohingya refugees have fled violence in Myanmar, most of them women and children who have almost nothing and are in great need. The Rohingya people, a stateless ethnic Muslim minority within Myanmar who are not recognized or protected by the Myanmar government, have encountered extreme persecution. The Rohingya... Read More
30
May
Refugees writing change: Help launch The Archipelago online magazine
This post has been shared at the request of Kieren Kresevic Salazar, founder of The Archipelago online magazine. We’re deeply committed to our writing… We’re in it for the long haul through thick and thin. With COVID-19, we’re distancing from loved ones while our work and communities have been deeply disrupted. For refugees, this isolation... Read More