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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
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... Read More
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... Read More
Migration, Refugees and Statelessness Interdisciplinary Conference – Tuesday November 19, 2019
Image: Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at Zam Zam camp outside El Fasher, Sudan (United Nations Photo) On Tuesday 19 November, the Melbourne Social Equity... Read More
Refugees’ Right to Physical Security: What does it Practically Mean?
The Law When one reads the term “right to physical security”, a basic understanding of what it means usually flirts with the idea of safety.... Read More
UN Global Compact on Refugees: Developing an Australian National Action Plan
The Global Compact on Refugees, endorsed in late 2018, has introduced a new dynamic into efforts internationally to improve burden and responsibility sharing for large-scale... 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
Putting Gender on the Agenda in the Refugee “Crisis”
This post was originally published on the Social Sciences Birmingham blog at the University of Birmingham, UK. It has been slightly modified for publication on... 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
Rohingya Refugee Deportation: Locating “Voluntary Repatriation” between National Security and Political Expediency
The hastiness demonstrated by the Government of India (GoI) in deporting 7 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar has once again established inherent discriminatory practices pursued by... Read More