Refugee-led Organizations: The Time Is Now

Blog post by Diana Alberghini, who holds a PhD in German Literature and MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies. She is currently working with the organization Asylum Access which strives to promote human rights for refugees through legal empowerment, policy reform and global systems change.

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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity…really? Why France’s forsaken “children of ISIS” may grow up to think differently about the French Republic’s values.

Blogpost by Philomène Franssen, candidate in the MA Refugee Protection & Forced Migration Studies at the University of London, where she studies Statelessness, Nationality and the Protection of Stateless Persons. Philomène also holds a Diploma in Human Rights and Forced Displacement from the University for Peace. Interested in the intersection of issues relating to forced displacement and statelessness, she is an individual member of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) and of the European Network on Statelessness (ENS).[1][2]

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Seeking protection in Australia: challenges for asylum seekers during the COVID-19 crisis

Blog post by Jazmine Elmolla, a commercial lawyer in Melbourne, Australia. Outside of commercial law, Jazmine has a keen interest in human rights law and has undertaken research at Monash University on the right to birth registration and the right to nationality for refugees and Indigenous Australians. In addition, she volunteers as a migration agent at Refugee Legal in Melbourne, a community legal centre that assists asylum seekers in making applications for refugee status, and in appealing decisions not to grant refugee status and associated protection visas. 

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