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
19
May
The Greater Manchester Migrant Destitution Fund: Alleviating destitution during the Covid-19 crisis
The Migrant Destitution Fund GM aims to support people in Greater Manchester who are forced into destitution by their immigration status – refused asylum seekers and others whose right to be in the UK is not recognised by the Home Office. The fund was first established in January 2018 by an action group formed under... Read More
5
May
Family Reunification of Refugees in Brazil: Why does it Matter?
Many people fleeing armed conflicts, severe human rights violations, and persecutions are separated from their families. Once they are recognized as refugees, they can apply to bring their family members to the countries where they have been granted asylum. This process is called family reunification. Family migration (including family reunification and family formation) is receiving... Read More
21
Apr
Book Review: “The Road Before Me Weeps” – Nick Thorpe
“The Road Before Me Weeps: on the refugee route through Europe”, Nick Thorpe, Yale University Press, 2019, 332 pages As a long-time BBC correspondent in Budapest, Nick Thorpe is well-placed to write up a road trip with the 3.7 million refugees who fled to Europe during 2014-2018. The large and sudden movements of people made... Read More
15
Apr
What the COVID-19 Pandemic Means for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the UK
Over 1.9 million cases of Coronavirus have been recorded since the disease began to spread at the end of 2019 – it is now affecting 199 countries and territories across the world. Over 114,000 deaths have been registered. Globally, the pandemic is causing unprecedented levels of disruption and suffering, while disproportionately harming the most vulnerable... Read More
6
Apr
The European Refugee Crisis and the Crisis of Democratic Values
In the early days of March I was watching from a distance the situation developing in Greece. A distance that was geographic, myself being away from the country, but also a distance that was emotional, resulting in a sort of incapacity to engage with and respond to the situation. How did all this come to... Read More
31
Mar
Why has Maryam left Sweden after four years and 3 months?
This piece was originally published by the University of Birmingham’s Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) and has been re-posted with permission from the author. It has been slightly modified for re-publication on Refugee Research Online. Hannah Bradby is a Professor in the Sociology Department at Uppsala University, Sweden and Researcher for the SEREDA Project. Maryam... Read More
26
Mar
Protection of stateless persons in Greece
This post forms part of our series in showcasing abstracts of presentations featured at the 2019 Migration, Refugees and Statelessness conference, hosted in November 2019 at The University of Melbourne. Konstantina Keramitsi In Greece, there are still stateless persons who face a number of problems due to the lack of nationality and the absence of... Read More
23
Mar
The Interplay Between Different Types of Violence and Their Impact on Refugee Women’s Mental Health
This post forms part of our series in showcasing abstracts of presentations featured at the 2019 Migration, Refugees and Statelessness conference, hosted in November 2019 at The University of Melbourne. Jeanine Hourani – Gender and Women’s Health Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. Background: Pre- and post-migration stressors can increase intimate partner violence... Read More