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Book Review: Refugee Journeys – ed. Jordana Silverstein and Rachel Stevens
‘Refugee Journeys: Histories of Resettlement, Representation and Resistance’, ed. Jordana Silverstein and Rachel Stevens, ANU Press, 2021, 244 pages The growth in Australian refugee research... Read More
Book Review: After the Tampa – Abbas Nazari
‘After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand’ by Abbas Nazari, Allen and Unwin, 2021, 367 pages This is a well-written account by a young... Read More
Book Review: ‘Smuggled: An Illegal History of Journeys to Australia’ – Ruth Balint and Julie Kalman
‘Smuggled: An illegal history of Journeys to Australia’, by Ruth Balint and Julie Kalman, NewSouth Publishing, 2021, 204 pages As the European Union moves... Read More
Book Review: ‘Escape from Manus’ – Jaivet Ealom
“Escape from Manus”, Jaivet Ealom, Penguin Viking, 2021, 347 pages I expected this book to be like Henri Charriere’s 1969 memoir Papillon, about his escape... Read More
The EU-Turkey deal breakdown: how securitisation narratives are reproduced through externalisation
When Turkey opened its borders in February 2020, the responses from EU states clearly illustrated the fact that externalisation is a tool used to exacerbate... Read More
Reflections on Refugee Backlash and Gendered Harms
Within a window of 15 hours, I virtually travelled in time zones from GMT -5 to GMT +5. These journeys reminded me yet again about... Read More
Fickle nationalism or international co-operation?
On the 23rd of September, two weeks after a fire leveled parts of the Lesvos refugee camp Moria, the EU commission proposed a new pact... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More