The U.S. Asylum Cooperation Agreements: A human rights conundrum
Blog post by Raagini Ramachandran, a student at the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad, India
(more…)Refugee Rights Across Regions: A comparative overview of legislative good practices in Latin America and the EU
Blog post by Luisa Feline Freier, Universidad del Pacífico (Lima, Peru) and Jean-Pierre Gauci, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (London, UK). This blog post is based on excerpts of their paper (of the same name) published in Refugee Survey Quarterly and available here.
(more…)The EU New Pact on Migration silent on systematic exploitation of labour migrants in Europe: Still no emphasis on ending “the human misery” within its borders
Blog post by Anca Crețu and Bjarney Friðriksdóttir, researchers at Pedro Arrupe Human Rights Institute, University of Deusto.
(more…)Refugees and asylum seekers’ views of legal recognition and its consequences for their integration
Blog post by Basem Mahmud* who holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Free University Berlin. His dissertation was entitled ‘A Grounded Theory Approach to Understanding Emotions and Belonging in Forced Migration’. Currently, he is a Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow at the University of Granada, and visiting researcher at the Migration Research Center (MiReKoc) at Koç University in Istanbul where he is conducting research about refugees in the global economy.
(more…)Disingenuous, dishonest and dangerous: the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum
Blog post by Jeff Crisp, Associate Fellow at Chatham House and Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford.
(more…)Solidarity in the times of pandemic: How the Rohingya refugees can survive the COVID-19 and beyond through socio-economic inclusion
Blog post by Parkhi Saxena, a law student at Nirma University, India.
(more…)Recognition beyond RSD: Civil and legal documentation for Syrian refugees in Jordan
Blog post by Alexander C. Burlin (Research Fellow, New York University Abu Dhabi) and Ruba Ahmad (Former Research Manager, Arab Renaissance for Democracy & Development).
(more…)Hungary: An unsafe haven for LGBTI+ asylum seekers?
Blog post by Gursimran Bakshi, a penultimate student at the National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi.
(more…)The end of the road? Rejected asylum seekers in the Global South
Blog post by Jeff Crisp, Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, and Elena Habersky, Manager of the ‘Refugee Entitlements in Egypt Project’, Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, American University in Cairo.
(more…)When the criminalization of solidarity risks being criminalized: the case of Matteo Salvini
Blog post by Sabrina Tucci, a human rights activist currently researching the labour and sexual exploitation of refugees and asylum seekers in the agricultural fields in Italy at University College London.*
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