Shift in the Applicability of the Suspension Clause in the US: Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam
Blog post by Yajat Bansal, a third-year law student from National Law University Odisha (more…)
Malaysia’s Invisible Community Contributors of COVID-19
Blog post by Michelle Low, a research assistant at Monash University’s Global Asia in the 21st Century Multidisciplinary Platform. She is currently working on the ‘Sustainable Assistance for Vulnerable Communities in Asia: The role of private sector actors in managing the refugee crisis in Malaysia’ project. (more…)
How global is the RSQ? A reflection on author affiliation and knowledge production in the global forced migration academic discourse
Blog post by Kathryn Hampton (University of London), Rachel McNally (Carleton University), Michael Joel Nabugere (University of London) and Nadeea Rahim (Carleton University).* (more…)
Voices in limbo: The plight of asylum seekers and refugees in Hong Kong in times of Covid-19
Blog post by Ka Wang Kelvin Lam, a Master of Philosophy student in Sociology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he is researching migration in Asia and immigrant integration. Kelvin is also passionate about doing social services in relations to the well-being of migrants. He can be contacted at kelvinlam@link.cuhk.edu.hk. (more…)
Trafficked adult males and their recognition as members of a particular social group in the United Kingdom’s Upper Tribunal
Blog post by Noemi Magugliani, an Irish Research Council Scholar and Doctoral Fellow at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland Galway, and Legal Researcher at the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN). (more…)
Refugee Situation Worsens with the Pandemic: Are we doing enough?
Blog post by Lavanya Pathak and Rishabh Mishra, fifth-year students pursuing B.A LLB(Hons.) from the National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi, India
Refugee Lawyers in Egypt
Blog post by Haramain A. Jebrail, a refugee Legal Officer, and Rebecca Leabeater, a Senior Legal Officer, in Saint Andrew’s Refugee Services, based in Cairo, Egypt. Both work in the Refugee Status Determination Team in the Refugee Legal Aid Program at StARS, assisting clients in their refugee claim process. Haramain is a qualified lawyer with a degree in law from Egypt, and Rebecca is a qualified lawyer from Australia.
(more…)Persecuted, Refuged and Misgendered: No Legal Recognition for Persecuted Trans Refugees in Hungary
By Rahul Garg, a B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student reading law and policy sciences at the National Law University, Jodhpur. His research interests include gender studies, human rights, international refugee law and international humanitarian law.
(more…)When refugees become migrants: State ‘cherry-picking’ for refugee protection
Blog post by Rachel Westerby, independent researcher and writer on migration, refugees and integration.*
(more…)Political persecution in Syria and Eritrea: The use of country knowledge by German courts
Blog post by Valentin Feneberg (Integrative Research Institute Law & Society, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
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