Refugee Crisis: three perspectives on the makings of a crisis
Blog post written by Nick Perre, Myrthe De Vries, Hannah Richards and RLI Research Affiliate Mariana Gkliati (Leiden University). (more…)
Complicity and Exclusion in International Refugee Law
Blog post written by Dr James C. Simeon (York University) who will convene the upcoming Complicity and Exclusion from Asylum Workshop that will be held at the Lauterpacht Centre from International Law (LCIL) and sponsored by the Refugee Law Initiative, to be held on Friday 29 June 2018. (more…)
Humanitarian accountability for displaced persons: Where are we at?
Blog post written by Joakim Daun, Field/Legal Researcher at the Refugee Law Initiative working on the RECAP (Research capacity building and knowledge generation to support preparedness and response to humanitarian crises and epidemics) project. (more…)
Can we demand more from the Global Compact on Refugees? Reflecting on lessons from climate change cooperation
Blog post written by Suzanna Nelson-Pollard. Suzanna is an alumna of the Refugee Law Initiative’s MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies and was recently employed at the Norwegian Refugee Council in their humanitarian policy team in Geneva, working on the Global Compact. She is currently in Puerto Rico and can be found writing here. (more…)
Statelessness and the global compacts: initial thoughts on the zero drafts
Blog post written by Tendayi Bloom, a Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at The Open University in the UK. (more…)
Deportation of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers from Israel and the legality of relocation/transfer agreements
Blog post written by Dr. Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler (University of Reading) who will be chairing the upcoming panel discussion on the ‘Deportation of Asylum Seekers from Israel to Rwanda’, to be held at Senate House, London on Thursday 22 February. (more…)
Terrorism and Asylum: Unravelling the Myths
Blog post written by Dr James C. Simeon (York University) who co-chaired the recent Refugee Law Initiative Workshop on ‘Terrorism and Asylum’, held on Friday 8 December 2017 in London. (more…)
Armed Conflict, Terrorism and Asylum: Global Solutions for Global Problems?
Blog post written by Dr James C. Simeon (York University) and Dr Sarah Singer (RLI), who will be co-chairing the upcoming Refugee Law Initiative Workshop on ‘Terrorism and Asylum’, to be held Friday 8 December 2017 in London. (more…)
The right to freedom of movement for forced migrants in South Africa: a slow retreat?
Blog post written by Nicholas Maple (RLI) who is currently undertaking his PhD on reception policies in southern Africa. He is currently in the middle of an affiliation at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) at the University of the Witwatersrand.[i] (more…)
Refugee Protection in the United Kingdom Beyond Brexit: The Perils of Australian Exceptionalism
Blog post written by Linda Kirk, a Senior Lecturer at the ANU College of Law, Australian National University and a current Visiting Fellow at the Refugee Law Initiative. Linda will present the first seminar on the RLI’s 8th International Refugee Law Seminar Series: ‘Refugee Law in the New World Disorder’ on 25 October 2017, on the topic of this blog post For full Seminar Series details and to book tickets, please visit rli.sas.ac.uk/events. (more…)