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Australia’s policy to stop the flow of asylum seeker boats to its shores has increased the number of refugees stranded in Indonesia.
There is every sign the underlying causes of forced migration – war, repression, ethnic conflict, climate change displacement and rampant human trafficking – will continue.
David Cameron has pledged that Britain will take 20,000 Syrian refugees – but how did Henry VIII manage those in need 500 years ago?
Genetics and environment both play a part – especially among some populations.
If passed, a new migration bill could mean that a person at risk of torture from the Syrian government would have to prove that they could not have gone to a part of Syria controlled by Islamic State.
French efforts to dismantle the Jungle migrant camp are leaving crucial volunteer services at risk.
If this cruel proposal is all EU leaders can produce in response to mass human suffering, perhaps it’s not a union worth saving.
A school set up by asylum seekers and refugees in the West Java town Cisarua, Indonesia, is a community-led initiative that Australian and Indonesian governments should model and support.
Tear gas on refugees isn’t good PR for a country that wants to join the European Union. But then other countries in the EU aren’t coming off too well either.
Old grudges and European aspirations are driving this narrative – never mind how many people die in the process.
As the philosopher once described, states obsessed with the health of their own people often create the conditions for others to die.
On February 11 a Syrian ceasefire was signed in Munich. Few are optimistic it will hold. Why? Because, argues one Middle Eastern scholar, world leaders are ignoring key realities.
A ‘draft’ cabinet document suggests the idea that refugees are a potential source of terrorism and radicalisation will soon shape Australia’s humanitarian resettlement policy.
This informal settlement is a zone for experimentation: the results are both heartening, and confronting.
Despite its apparently anti-immigration political rhetoric, Denmark remains mainly tolerant of migrants.
Radio broadcaster Neil Mitchell told the Q&A audience that refugees are costing $100 million a year in welfare payments and have a 97% unemployment rate. Is that accurate?
With social media blurring the line between public and private more than ever, journalists need to think about how, and to what effect, they use advocacy hashtags in their messages.
Conditions are getting worse at the migrant camps in France, which is leading to protest.
The church’s assertion of sanctuary will stimulate debate about the morality and justice of Australia’s current laws with regard to asylum seekers.
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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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