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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
A Review of “Making Migration Law: The Foreigner, Sovereignty and the Case of Australia”
Making Migration Law: The Foreigner, Sovereignty, and the Case of Australia Eve Lester, Cambridge University Press, 2018 The state’s assertion of “absolute sovereignty” as the... Read More
A Review of “Refuge Lost: Asylum Law in an Interdependent World”
Refuge Lost: Asylum Law in an Interdependent World Daniel Ghezelbash, Cambridge University Press, 2018 The “refuge lost” in the book’s title is literally true in... Read More
The 2018 RAS Interdisciplinary Conference: A Review
The annual Researchers for Asylum Seekers Interdisciplinary Conference took place at the University of Melbourne in November, 2018. The conference showcased current research on issues... Read More
Book Review: “The Mess We’re In – Managing the Refugee Crisis”
Andrew Bennetts, “The Mess We’re In – Managing the Refugee Crisis”, Trabagem Publishing, Camberwell 2017, 400 pages (available from Amazon and Booktopia) Moved by the... Read More
Can Opposing Groups Agree To Disagree?
How many migrants should we take? Is our border protection adequate? Are detention centres warranted? Australian society continues to be fragmented in attitudes towards these... Read More
We cannot rely morally on ‘deterrence’ to justify our harsh refugee policies
Tony Coady, University of Melbourne When debate about refugees ascends from slogan swapping (“stop the boats”, “bring them here”) to specific reasoning, there seems only... Read More
The Limits to Regional Refugee Protection: the EU and ASEAN
The concurrent refugee crises affecting the countries of the EU and ASEAN since 2015 have brought to the fore long-standing questions regarding the feasibility of... Read More
Germany’s (not so) grand coalition may cause ripple effects on European refugee policy
After a tumultuous 2017 election and six months of political uncertainty, Germany finally has a government. The so-called “grand coalition” made up of the centre-right... Read More
Securing the Dreams of Scholars at Risk
*This contribution is provided by an anonymous author* People used to describe me as a dreamer. I am a dreamer in the sense that I... Read More