Search results for: refugee crisis

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7 June 2018

Greece facing refugee crisis

By Jovana Mastilovic Lesvos (Greece) July 2017 More than one million people, mostly originating from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan arrived...

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16 October 2015

Why you shouldn’t panic about a refugee crisis in Australia

Australia's public debate on refugee issues is framed in extremes and it doesn't have to be that way

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16 September 2015
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The Refugee Crisis: Australia needs to make up ground on humanitarian issues

byDrVanessa Newby, Adjunct Research Fellow with the Griffith Business School The recent Australian Government decision to allow 12,000 Syrian refugees...

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20 June 2013

Collective Historical Memory and its effects on the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon

If the international community is able to agree on one thing regarding the Syrian crisis right now, it is that...

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25 October 2018

‘Principles and Purpose — Stepping up to Refugee Protection in this Era of Displacement’ – The Michael Whincop Memorial Lecture 2018

Guy S. Goodwin-Gill Professor, University of New South Wales & Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, Sydney 23 October 2018...

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19 December 2017
Professor Pene Mathew at the UN in Geneva.

UN talks focus on long-term refugee action plan

How countries can best implement a sustainable refugee action plan was the focus of recent UN talks in Geneva.

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12 September 2017

Political refugee dedicates nursing career to giving back

From political refugee to nursing success, Griffith graduate Eva Ballai has turned adversity into inspirational achievement

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19 June 2017
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21 June 2016

Are regional approaches to refugee protection really the best way forward?

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has often advocated for and been closely involved in regional arrangements for protection of refugees. Professor Pene Mathew and Tristan Harley take a closer look at the issue.

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24 November 2015

We can change the conversation on refugees

Public conversation about asylum seekers and refugees have devolved over the years, but visiting academic Professor James Hathaway argues that it can be changed.

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