Repatriation of refugees: The curious case of South Asia
Blog post by Psymhe Wadud, a lecturer in Law at the Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP). She specialises in international and comparative law.
(more…)Will COVID-19 finally force us to reconsider the Global (Im)mobility Regime?
Blog post by Emilie McDonnell, a DPhil in Law candidate at Hertford College, University of Oxford and the 2016 Tasmanian Rhodes Scholar. Emilie is a qualified lawyer from Australia and an Adjunct Researcher at the University of Tasmania School of Law. She is also an RLI Research Affiliate.
(more…)Caught Between Coronavirus and Islamophobia Rohingya Refugees in India have nowhere to turn
Blog post by Mudasir Amin, a PhD candidate at department of Social Work Jamia Millia Islamia. As a public policy fellow at the Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy he worked on a detailed policy report on Rohingya in India.
(more…)In the face of Coronavirus, the Home Office must abandon the ‘hostile environment’ for migrants
Blog post by Sheona York, Clinic Solicitor at Kent Law Clinic
(more…)Refugee Studies Without Refugees: Some Methodological Reflections
Blog post by Dr Claire Walkey who has recently completed a DPhil at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford.
(more…)Climate refugees: reflections on a category that seeks recognition
Blog post by Sabrina P. Vecchioni. Lawyer and member of the Interdisciplinary Network of Human Rights –REDii. Between 2012 and 2018 she worked as a defense lawyer for asylum seekers and refugees in the Commission for Integral Assistance and Protection of Refugees of the Public Ministry of Defense in Argentina.
(more…)Coronavirus and Border Guards Powers
Blog post by Dr Elif Mendos Kuskonmaz, University of Portsmouth and Professor Elspeth Guild, Queen Mary University of London.
(more…)The Rohingya Refugee Crisis, International Justice, and Rethinking Solutions
Blog post by Brian Gorlick, a human rights lawyer and tutor on the ‘Gender, Sexual Identity and Age’ module in the RLI’s MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies. Previously he worked with UNHCR and the UN Secretariat for over twenty-five years. He currently lives in Bangladesh.
(more…)Ground Zero of the Second Largest Migration Exodus in the World
Blog post by Enrique Jose Garcia who was born from Cuban parents and raised in Venezuela until he moved to the US to attend University at Boston College. He started his career as a beverage entrepreneur and recently started a master’s degree at London School of Economics in Public Administration, concentrating his studies on Social Entrepreneurship. He currently writes part-time for a UK-based publication on Economics and Entrepreneurship in Latin America.*
(more…)Should India deport Rohingya refugees because its ‘soldiers are fighting at the borders’?
Blog post by Sreekar Aechuri who is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in law at National Academy of Legal Studies And Research (NALSAR), India. He is interested in the field of human rights and is a member of the NALSAR Legal Aid Group (N-LAG).*
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