6
Mar
Investigating out-of-classroom language and literacy practices of secondary Karen background refugee students
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. Vincent Jian Liang – Melbourne Graduate School of Education This research project aims to explore the out-of-classroom language and literacy practices of secondary refugee students... Read More
2
Mar
Service provider perspectives on supporting people with disability from Iraqi and Syrian refugee backgrounds
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. Angela Dew – Deakin University In 2012 the Australian Government streamlined the health waiver for all humanitarian visa applicants meaning that people with disability were... Read More
27
Feb
Constructed realities: Framing an inclusive multicultural Australia’s exclusion of people seeking asylum
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. Holly McCarthy – REMESO (Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society), Linköping University Australia’s increasingly securitised and exclusionary asylum policy has been legitimated through... Read More
26
Feb
Evidence that the dehumanisation of asylum seekers is linked to support for punitive punishment
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. Joel Anderson – Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health, and Society, La Trobe University School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University. The rate... Read More
20
Jan
Book Reviews: ‘Manus Days’ by Michael Coates & ‘No Friend but the Mountains’ by Behrouz Boochani
Manus Days – the Untold Story of Manus Island, Michael Coates, Connor Court Publishing, 2018. No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison, Behrouz Boochani, (translated by Omid Tofighian), Pan Macmillan Australia, 2018. Michael Coates is a former soldier turned security guard at the MRPC (Manus Regional Processing Centre) in the period 2014-17, and... Read More
5
Jan
Book Review: ‘The Human Tide’ – Paul Morland
The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World, Paul Morland, John Murray (Publishers), London, 2019 Everybody has an opinion on the whys and wherefores of global demography – the trends and mathematics of fertility, mortality and mobility. That’s why the late Hans Rosling did us a great favour with his stunning and accessible videos... Read More
17
Dec
Book Review: ‘Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of our Time’ – David Miliband
Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time, David Miliband, TED Books, Simon & Schuster, 2017 After being UK Foreign Secretary from 2007 – 2010, David Miliband became head of the IRC (International Rescue Committee) in 2013. This short and engaging book is the companion to his 2017 TED talk. We learn of his... Read More
10
Dec
Not just employment: It’s time for refugees in Malaysia to own bank accounts too
At the time of writing, it is less than a week until Malaysia decides if refugees will be granted the right to work in the country. Should Malaysia finally agree to allow them to work here legally, the government also needs to ensure that refugees have access to other rights, services, and benefits that are... Read More
5
Dec
Book Review: ‘Refugee Rights and Policy Wrongs: a frank, up-to-date guide by experts’ – Jane McAdam and Fiona Chong
“Refugee Rights and Policy Wrongs: a Frank, Up-to-date Guide by Experts”, Jane McAdam and Fiona Chong, UNSW Press, 2019, 277 pages This book by legal academics from the Kaldor Centre at the University of New South Wales is a lay person’s introduction to the requirements of international refugee law. It also makes the comparison with... Read More
27
Nov
Exploring the Subjectivity of Rohingya Refugee Adolescent Girls in a Space of Healing and Uncertainty: What Feminist Stand Point Theory Can Offer
I am writing as a feminist academic and citizen of Bangladesh who is witnessing the plight of displaced Rohingya trying to find a place of respite and safety, the struggle of a host country to accommodate the largest refugee influx in its history and the hard work of national and international NGOS for the refugee... Read More