Refugee Research Blog

19 Sep 2018

Achieving Change in Australian Refugee Policy: A Case Study in the Limits of Law and Political Activism?

In 2015, the Human Rights Law Centre, acting pro bono on behalf of a Bangladeshi woman (Plaintiff M68),[1] brought proceedings in the High Court seeking...

05 Sep 2018

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Book Review: “Refuge – Transforming a Broken Refugee System”, Alexander Betts and Paul Collier

“Refuge –Transforming a Broken Refugee System”, Alexander Betts and Paul Collier, Allen Lane imprint of Penguin Random House, 2017 This book seems very salient given...

23 Aug 2018

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“I should do work hard, day and night”: What can universities do to share the burden of ‘success’ with students from refugee backgrounds?

Written by: Evonne Irwin, Shelley Gower, Dr Sally Baker and Professor Jaya Dantas For people from refugee backgrounds, participating in education is a significant priority...

14 Aug 2018

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Refugee crisis: the immediate and lasting impacts of powerful images

Emma Thomas, Associate professor, Flinders University; Craig McGarty, Professor, Western Sydney University, and Laura G. E. Smith, Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology, University of Bath This article is about...

07 Aug 2018

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How gardening can improve the mental health of refugees

After spending many years living in refugee camps, gardening can provide a safe space to establish identity, rebuild lives and attain happiness. A new study...

31 Jul 2018

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Refugee women use their voices through digital storytelling

Storytelling is innate to humans. For millennia, ever since cave paintings were used to record practices, storytelling in all its different forms and genres has...

23 Jul 2018

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Communicating refugee research insights

“No-one will read your thesis”. PhD candidates are often told this during doctoral study. In response to this deflating statement, I bite my tongue. The...

13 Jul 2018

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Why Europe shouldn’t follow Australia’s lead on asylum seekers

Australia’s harsh asylum policies have been touted as a possible solution to Europe’s so-called refugee crisis. Politicians in the UK, France, Holland, Denmark, Austria and...

04 Jul 2018

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We cannot rely morally on ‘deterrence’ to justify our harsh refugee policies

Tony Coady, University of Melbourne When debate about refugees ascends from slogan swapping (“stop the boats”, “bring them here”) to specific reasoning, there seems only...

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The Refugee Research Blog provides a platform for academic and non-academic research and comment on issues surrounding people seeking asylum and refugees.
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Achieving Change in Australian Refugee Policy: A Case Study in the Limits of Law and Political Activism?

Book Review: “Refuge – Transforming a Broken Refugee System”, Alexander Betts and Paul Collier

“I should do work hard, day and night”: What can universities do to share the burden of ‘success’ with students from refugee backgrounds?

Refugee crisis: the immediate and lasting impacts of powerful images

How gardening can improve the mental health of refugees

Refugee women use their voices through digital storytelling

Communicating refugee research insights

Why Europe shouldn’t follow Australia’s lead on asylum seekers

We cannot rely morally on ‘deterrence’ to justify our harsh refugee policies

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