After Australia announced a refugee deal with the US, Labor’s Kate Ellis told Q&A that millions of dollars were spent on an earlier deal with Cambodia, yet very few lives were changed. Is that right?
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The federal government has finally unveiled its agreement for the United States to resettle refugees from Nauru and Manus Island.
Across Europe anti immigration political leaders are turning to Australia for inspiration on how to reduce the number of people seeking asylum in their countries.
Shortly after Malcolm Turnbull and Immigration Minister Peter Dutton aggressively targeted Labor on Sunday when announcing the government’s latest draconian border deterrent, Turnbull rang Bill Shorten…
On Q&A, panellists duelled over the numbers of migrants Australia takes a year. Is it 200,000 or 800,000? How many permanent and how many temporary? Let’s check the facts.
At what point is the movement of people away from their land of origin called a diaspora? A sociologist explores what the term has meant in the past, and why that might soon change.
A Syrian asylum seeker has been permitted to stay in Greece on the grounds that Turkey is not safe for return. It could be a major blow for the EU’s controversial refugee strategy.
What a Nobel prize-winning physicist can teach us about about trying to deal with the current global crisis over asylum seekers and refugees.
Here’s why you shouldn’t blame local authorities for the failure of government contractors.
It’s not just a matter of numbers: asylum seekers need houses where they can feel at home.
A school set up by asylum seekers and refugees in the West Java town Cisarua, Indonesia, is a community-led initiative that Australian and Indonesian governments should model and support.
The British legal system is skewing the odds against some of the most vulnerable refugees.
A bill that would release the 112 children currently in immigration detention in Australia will soon go before the House of Representatives. So what should MPs consider when casting their votes?
Tasneem Chopra told Q&A that of the 70,000 refugees who’ve arrived in Australia by boat since 1976, none have been found to be linked to terrorism. We examine the best evidence out there.
Unaccompanied minors who claim asylum face a lottery where some are recognised as refugees and others have to go home when they turn 18.
The death of a New Zealand citizen who returned to Iraq has led some to query his status as a refugee. We need to be clear about what it means to be granted asylum and the rights of citizenship.
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Professor, and Director, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, American University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, International Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Laureate Postdoctoral Fellow, ARC Laureate Evacuations Research Hub, UNSW
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Associate Professor, Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor and Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law & Justice, UNSW
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Senior Professorial Lecturer of Global Governance, Politics and Security, American University School of International Service
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Senior Research Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
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Professor of Social Sciences, University of East London
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Professor of Sociology and African American & African Studies, Michigan State University
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Reader in Sociology, City St George's, University of London
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Senior Lecturer, Centre for Defence and Security Studies, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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PhD Student and Psychology Tutor, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Management and Organization, University of Southern California
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Doctoral Researcher, Columbia University