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Up to 5,000 refugees flee hunger and chaos in Venezuela each day – a migrant crisis rivaling Syria’s. Most arrive to poor South American border cities that are dangerously unprepared for the influx.
In the mid-1980s Germany was wracked by a toxic ‘Asyldebatte’ that bears similarities to what’s happening today.
6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. What happened then, and how we can keep to the promise – “never again”?
Gibraltar’s decision to terminate permission for the Aquarius to conduct operations in the Mediterranean is the latest example of national politics undermining rescue at sea.
Accessing the right information in a timely manner is essential, but difficult for newly arrived refugees. Information varies, plus there are language barriers and geographical complications.
Canada’s opposition Conservatives are borrowing from European populists in stoking fears about asylum-seekers and migrants. Here’s why that’s so dangerous.
Troeth says the party should adopt quotas to rectify the "abysmally low numbers" of Liberal women in parliament.
Boochani bears witness to the deterioration of the human spirit on Manus Island, where he’s been detained with hundreds of other asylum seekers for the last five years.
The Rohingya have long seen Bangladesh as a place of refuge from persecution in Myanmar.
On top of boosting South Sudan’s development, these groups are showcasing what refugees can accomplish in the US.
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.
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.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University
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Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Adjunct professor, University of Adelaide
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Research Professor, Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), United Nations University
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor of Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Equity Studies, York University, Canada
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Senior Research Fellow, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney
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Scientia Professor and Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney
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Professor and Chair: Mental Health Nursing, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
