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The Dominance of Christian Charities in US Refugee Resettlement
“Do you believe in a God?” This is one of the first questions that was asked of me in 2021 when I was offered a... Read More
Migration, Refugees and Statelessness Interdisciplinary Conference November 2023 University of Melbourne
Organised and hosted by the Melbourne Social Equity Institute, the annual Migration, Refugees and Statelessness Interdisciplinary Conference showcases the work of refugee and migration scholars... Read More
Post-Coup Human Rights for the Rohingya: Paving A Path Forward
In early 2021, the military in Myanmar – the Tatmadaw – seized power in a coup d’état. Its actions, on the one hand, mean ill... Read More
The Greater Manchester Migrant Destitution Fund: Promoting Dignity amidst the Hostile Environment
The Greater Manchester Migrant Destitution Fund supports people who are forced into destitution by their immigration status with cash grants of £80 per month. The... Read More
Map of Hope and Sorrow: Stories of Refugees Trapped in Greece, Helen Benedict & Eyad Awwadawnan
Footnote Press, 2022, 328 pages Helen Benedict is a well-known journalist, academic, novelist and non-fiction writer, often writing on themes of war and violence against... Read More
Book Review: The World is not Big Enough
Vanessa Russell, Hardie Grant Books, 2021 With some nervousness, this refugee supporter took the plunge in 2001 and did what many others have boldly attempted:... Read More
The ASB-UNHCR Research Workshop on Refugee Studies and Forced Displacement 2023
The ASB-UNHCR Research Workshop on Refugee Studies and Forced Displacement 2023 will be held at the Asia School of Business, Kuala Lumpur on the 19th... Read More
The Role of the Environment and Objects for Refugees and its Implications for Therapy: A Psychoanalytic Approach
“And as the sun sets in the West, You will shed a tear, Longing to be back in the East. Immigrant.” Nishant Akhtar (Akhtar, 1999,... Read More
Book review: The Refugee System: a Sociological Approach – Rawan Arar and David Scott Fitzgerald
The Refugee System: a Sociological Approach, Rawan Arar and David Scott Fitzgerald, Polity Press, 2023, 316 pages US researchers Arar and Fitzgerald are promoting a... Read More
Why Cultural Contextualization Matters: Books Unbound’s program with Rohingya girls in the world’s largest refugee camp
The Rohingya Crisis The Rohingya are an ethnic minority from Rakhine State, Myanmar. Like many other ethnic groups in Myanmar, they have been victims of... Read More