For those working at the coalface of the refugee and asylum system – whether supporting families, adults or separated children as they seek protection, or pressing the government for more asylum system reform, or trying to inform and influence the
‘Refugees Are Welcome Here!’
How Public Opinion Got Ahead of Government in Summer 2015 and Stayed There
Maurice Wren
Lessons from Refugees
Research Ethics in the Context of Resettlement in South America
Marcia Vera Espinoza
From 2012 to 2015 I conducted research exploring the experiences of resettlement of a group of Colombian and Palestinian refugees in Chile and Brazil ( Vera Espinoza 2015 , 2017 , 2018a , 2018b ). The research methodology used a qualitatively
Expat, Local, and Refugee
“Studying Up” the Global Division of Labor and Mobility in the Humanitarian Industry in Jordan
Reem Farah
Introduction Since 2012, over a million Syrians have fled to Jordan, 671,551 of whom are registered refugees ( UNOCHA 2019 ). Due to economic instability and rising unemployment in the country, the incoming demographic was scapegoated for
In Migration and Society
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- 01 Jun 2020
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Susan Cohen
occupation of Austria in March, that transformed the escalating European refugee crisis into a catastrophe, and propelled Eleanor into a more vigorous campaign that focused on the welfare and rescue of refugees, especially Jews, in and from Nazi
Laborers, Migrants, Refugees
Managing Belonging, Bodies, and Mobility in (Post)Colonial Kenya and Tanzania
Hanno Brankamp and Patricia Daley
neighboring countries, in particular Kenya and Tanzania. By 2000, Tanzania was hosting around 702,000 refugees and asylum seekers, while Kenya was home to over 219,000 ( UNHCR 2004 ). Since then, Kenya's refugee population has soared to 490,000, while 337
In Migration and Society
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- 113–129 (17 total)
Ben-Gurion and the Palestinian Refugees
Ideology, Morality, and Praxis
Yossi Goldstein
The trends in the literature on David Ben-Gurion's position on the 1948 Palestinian refugee problem can be divided into two main categories, with Benny Morris's (1987) The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem marking a watershed between the
In Israel Studies Review
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- 01 Mar 2020
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Heather Wurtz and Olivia Wilkinson
Introduction This article examines the role of local faith actors in institutional responses to refugees (henceforth refugee response), first in relation to global policy guidelines and frameworks promoted through the Global Compact for
In Migration and Society
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- 01 Jun 2020
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Interdisciplinary Approaches to Refugee and Migration Studies
Lessons from Collaborative Research on Sanctuary in the Changing Times of Trump
Sara Vannini, Ricardo Gomez, Megan Carney, and Katharyne Mitchell
We came together as a group of scholars interested in migration, refugees, and sanctuary studies from a variety of theoretical, methodological, and personal experiences. Despite our disciplinary differences (we were affiliated with departments
Decolonial Approaches to Refugee Migration
Nof Nasser-Eddin and Nour Abu-Assab in Conversation
Nof Nasser-Eddin and Nour Abu-Assab
think this is a very important topic, because we agree with you, Elena. Most studies, not only in academic institutions, but also those undertaken by institutions like governments or civil societies, have focused on the “refugee crisis” between Southern
In Migration and Society
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The Role of Universities in the Protection of Refugees and Other Migrants
A View from Brazil and Latin America
Liliana L. Jubilut
Introduction A whole-of-society approach to migration and the protection of refugees and other migrants—that is, an approach in which not only governments and states take part in initiatives and policies, but rather all societal sectors are in