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Coronavirus Reaches the World’s Most Persecuted People: The Threat of COVID-19 in the Rohingya Refugee Camps
On May 14 2020 the first case of the novel coronavirus was confirmed in the biggest refugee camp in the world—Kutupalong, Cox’s Bazar. The refugees... 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
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... Read More
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... Read More
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.... Read More
Book Review: “We are not Refugees: True Stories of the Displaced” – Agus Morales
“We Are Not Refugees: True Stories of the Displaced”, Agus Morales, (Translator Charlotte Whittle), Imagine Books, Watertown, USA, 2019, 271 pages For about ten years... Read More
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 –... Read More
SGBV Across Migrant and Refugee Journeys: Early Lessons Learnt from Tunisia
This post originally appeared on the Age of Superdiversity blog hosted by the University of Birmingham and Institute for Research into Superdiversity. It has been... Read More
Contempt, Criminalisation, and No Compassion: The UK’s Asylum System
The right to asylum is one of the oldest legal rights in the world and has been recognised by societies as divergent as Ancient Greece... Read More