Australia and Refugees: Protection in Name Only?
As a party to the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol (henceforth “the Refugee Convention”), Australia is obliged to refrain... Read More
Waiting Years On End
According to statistics by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), by mid-2017 more than 65 million people had been forced to leave their... Read More
North Korean secondary asylum in the UK
The number of North Korean secondary migrants from South Korea has grown markedly in the last 10 years. Drawing on semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions,... Read More
The impact of detention on the social–emotional wellbeing of children seeking asylum
There is a remarkable convergence in the findings of published studies in identifying a consistent profile of risk factors for poor health and wellbeing outcomes for... Read More
MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING TOOL FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES: THE STAR-MH
This post forms part of our series in showcasing abstracts of presentations featured at our annual postgraduate interdisciplinary conference on refugee and forced migration research,... Read More
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL COST OF SEEKING ASYLUM IN AUSTRALIA
This post forms part of our series in showcasing abstracts of presentations featured at our annual postgraduate interdisciplinary conference on refugee and forced migration research,... Read More
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SANFORD MEISNER-BASED DRAMA THERAPY INTERVENTION IN REFUGEE COMMUNITIES
This post forms part of our series in showcasing abstracts of presentations featured at our annual postgraduate interdisciplinary conference on refugee and forced migration research,... Read More
ARRANGED FRIENDSHIPS AND THE POTENTIAL OF INTERCULTURAL CONTACT
This post forms part of our series in showcasing abstracts of presentations featured at our annual postgraduate interdisciplinary conference on refugee and forced migration research,... Read More
FACILITATED RESILIENCE: SERVICES AND UNACCOMPANIED ASYLUM SEEKING MINORS
Ebony King This exploratory study analysed the role of service providers in supporting the resilience of unaccompanied asylum seeking minors (UAMs) in Australia and... Read More
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