Global Issues
Migration and border policy links: Myanmar, global compact on migration, DACA and more
Over 125,000 Rohingya refugees are estimated to be fleeing conflict and persecution in Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh. Meanwhile, reports indicate that the Indian government…
Migration & border policy links: Merkel and no regrets, Hurricane Harvey and more
The Kaldor Centre’s Dr Claire Higgins offers a critique of the Australian government’s decision to transfer a number of asylum seekers residing in the country to the ‘final…
How the UN Security Council failed Syria
The UN Security Council has unequivocally failed the Syrian people: over 400,000 of whom have been killed, over 5 million of whom are refugees, and around 6.3 million of whom…
Analyses
A Global Compact on Refugees: The role of Australia
Australia has a vested interest and particular experience and expertise to contribute to the Global Compact on Refugees in order to institute a more effective and equitable…
Migration & border policy links: Trump’s wall, a Sudanese story, London’s rough sleepers targeted and more
It has recently been revealed that a Greater London Authority charity map identifying the nationalities of people sleeping rough was used by the UK Home Office to carry out its…
Migration & border policy links: Manus High Court ruling, H-2B shortage, Turkey’s Syrians and more
Earlier today the Australian High Court rejected a claim that the Australian government can only exercise offshore powers consistently with the law of a foreign state. This means…
Migration and border policy links: Trump-Turnbull transcript, trafficking in the Gulf and more
The UNHCR has expressed growing concern about Australian immigration policy following the leaked Trump-Turnbull transcript and the death of asylum seeker Hamed Shamshiripour…
Humanitarian corridors: Safe passage but only for a few
There is a counter-narrative emerging in Europe’s approach to irregular migration, even as EU governments seek new ways to discourage desperate journeys across the Central…
Migration and border policy links: RAISE Act, Haitian immigrants in the US, ‘nexification’, and more
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has released a policy consultation paper on simplifying Australian visa arrangements. Almost 500 submissions were…
Migration and Border Policy links: UNHCR, McKinsey's in Europe, Mediterranean migration and more
In a statement released this week UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi claims Australia reneged on a commitment to allow refugees with close family ties in Australia to be resettled here…