Afghan Refugees: Asylum Restrictionism and Future of Non-refoulement in Europe
Blog post by Dr Nafees Ahmad (South Asian University)* (more…)
Fundamental tensions and productive instability: The refugee definition of the 1951 Refugee Convention at 70 through a queer theory lens
Blog post by Janna Wessels, Assistant Professor, Amsterdam Centre for Migration & Refugee Law (ACMRL), VU University Amsterdam. This post was published simultaneously on Fluchtforschungsblog here. (more…)
The Global Compact on Refugees: The bumpy road of a social norm in development
Blog post by Raphael Gorgeu, a senior aid policy expert currently serving as Deputy Director of Operations and Head of Operational Analysis, Positioning and Advocacy at Médecins Sans Frontières in Geneva. (more…)
European Union-Belarus Border Crisis: Why the narrative of “hybrid warfare” is dangerous
Blog post by Ayşe Bala Akal, a research assistant at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) (more…)
Venezuelans in Colombia: Syrians in Turkey 2.0
Blog post by Zaid Hydari (Executive Director of the Refugee Solidarity Network and an adjunct professor of law at Fordham University School of Law) and Ezgi Irgil (PhD student at the Department of Political Science, the University of Gothenburg). (more…)
The Nationality and Borders Bill: Lessons from Australia on the (re)interpretation of persecution and protection
Blog post by Natalia Brkic, a Final year LLB student at the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney* (more…)
Analysing access to healthcare for refugees and migrants (“mixed migrants”) in South Africa and Kenya: protective laws and progressive policies clashing with daily reality
Blog post by Dr Cristiano d’Orsi, a Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), Faculty of Law, University of Johannesburg.* (more…)
Denmark leading the race to the bottom: Hostility as a form of migration control
Blog post by Ayşe Bala Akal, a research assistant at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) (more…)
The Temporary Hosting of Evacuated Afghans in Third Countries: Responsibility Sharing or Externalisation?
Blog post by Dr Nikolas Feith Tan, a senior researcher at the Danish Institute for Human Rights. He is convenor of the core module ‘Protecting human rights, refugees and displaced persons in international law’ on the RLI’s MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies and chair of the RLI’s Working Group on Externalisation. (more…)
Some Things are Better Left Dead: What Bringing Back ‘Remain in Mexico’ Would Mean for Asylum Seekers arriving at the Southern Border
Blog post by Keshav Masani, an attorney admitted to the Bar in New York. Keshav is a volunteer attorney with the Immigration Justice Campaign, a joint initiative between the American Immigration Council and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. (more…)