GCM Commentary: Objective 17: Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote fact-based public discourse to shape perceptions of migration

Blog post written by Kathryn Allinson, a Refugee Law Initiative Research Affiliate undertaking a PhD in Law at Queen Mary University of London, and forms part of a series of blog posts analysing the final draft (objective by objective) of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.  (more…)

GCM Commentary: Objective 3: Provide accurate and timely information at all stages of migration

Blog post written by Katharine T. Weatherhead, a Refugee Law Initiative Research Affiliate undertaking a PhD in Law at Queen Mary University of London. Katharine’s research is primarily focused on the law and politics of asylum in the EU. The working title of her doctoral thesis is ‘Unravelling Mediterranean Migration: Legal and political knowledge creation and diffusion among asylum seekers, refugees and migrants’. This blog forms part of a series of blog posts analysing the final draft (objective by objective) of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.  (more…)

GCM Commentary: Objective 1: Collect and utilize accurate and disaggregated data as a basis for evidence-based policies

Blog post written by Professor Elspeth Guild (Queen Mary University of London), and forms part of a series of blog posts analysing the final draft (objective by objective) of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. A French translation of this blog is available on the Plateforme Nationale Protection Migrants (PNPM) website. (more…)

GCM Commentary: Editors’ Introduction

Blog post written by Elspeth Guild (Queen Mary University of London) and Tugba Basaran (University of Cambridge), the editors of this series of blog posts analysing the final draft (objective by objective) of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. A French translation of this blog is available on the Plateforme Nationale Protection Migrants (PNPM) website.

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How Israel’s Refugee System for African Asylum Seekers and Refugees Violates International Law

Blog post by Ryan Corbett who is a Legal Advisor for Asylum Access Malaysia, and can be reached at Ryan.L.Corbett@gmail.com. Ryan has work experience in the field of refugee and migration issues in the US, Egypt, Israel and Malaysia. She holds a Bachelors from Dickinson College, a Masters in Conflict Resolution from Tel Aviv University, and a J.D. from Boston University School of Law. (more…)

Enhancing Refugee Protection Through the Criminalization of ‘Mass Forced Displacement’

Blog post written by Professor James C. Simeon (York University, Canada). A more detailed paper and argument was recently presented on the subject of persistent protracted armed conflict and the criminalization of ‘mass forced displacement’, as a serious international crime and an atrocity crime, at the Refugee Law Initiative’s Third Annual Conference held in London on 18-19 July 2018. (more…)