Behrouz Boochani wrote his memoir of incarceration on Manus Island one text message at a time. Translating this work of 'horrific surrealism' from Farsi to English was a profoundly philosophical experience.
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One of the world's worst refugee crises is still unfolding, and conditions on the ground have barely improved.
New research shows that refugees in regional Queensland have found it very easy to make friends and feel safe and comfortable raising children in their communities.
All Eritrean men between the ages of 18 – 50 have to serve in the army for more than 20 years, forcing thousands to flee. But things look set to change.
Last month's epic cave rescue has drawn attention to the issue of statelessness in Thailand - a crisis the country is trying to resolve urgently, especially for stateless children.
States' approaches to challenges of forced displacement and migration often fail to acknowledge a sometimes competing, but always essential, consideration – the basic dignity of the human person.
Reham and her family are among an estimated 1.5m Syrian refugees living in limbo in Lebanon.
Elin Ersson was accused of frightening children – but it's more likely that she inspired them.
Even when federal contractors stir public outrage, the government probably should be under fire.
There are at least 400,000 stateless people living in Thailand – many of them young, like Adul. Here's what their lives are like.
Newly proposed 'controlled centres' in the EU must not breach migrants' human rights.
Scholars who study trust and cooperation designed a game to find out what it would take to get citizens to support refugees coming to their country.
The 20th-century philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote how refugees, in the absence of legal rights, were forced to live in a state of 'absolute lawlessness.' Her words matter today.
Is Malcolm Turnbull too beholden to Nauru to intervene after the country refuses to grant a visa to Australia's state broadcaster?
Staying in a violent home country can be lethally dangerous – but thanks to European governments, sending family abroad is far from a guaranteed escape.
Australia's record on women's rights will come under scrutiny, including its treatment of Indigenous women and girls, sexual harassment and violence against women.
Trump administration officials falsely claim the law required them to separate immigrant families. The same excuse was used in the Nazi era to bar hundreds of thousands of refugees from the US.
Gardening not only provides nutritious food, but a reminder of home for refugees.
Over 200 children are still in asylum seeker detention within Australia and offshore – so why aren't we more outraged about that?
Albanese's speech comes against a background of speculation that Bill Shorten's leadership could be under pressure if the party performs badly at the Super Saturday byelections.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in International Law and Human Rights, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University
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Alex Reilly is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director of the Public Law and Policy Research Unit, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, and Associate, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Reader in International Migration and Forced Displacement and Deputy Director of the Institute for Research into Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Research Professor, Coventry University
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Research Fellow and Lecturer at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
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Honorary Fellow, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
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ARC Future Fellow, Griffith University
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Research Associate, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University
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Adjunct Professor, Australian Catholic University
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Scientia Professor and Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
