Ali Ali, Michael Collyer, Priya Deshingkar, Anne-Meike Fechter, Melissa Gatter, Linda Morrice, Ceri Oeppen, Judith Townend and Tahir Zaman, SCMR, University of Sussex Refugee Week has been celebrated in the UK since 1998 around World Refugee Day, June 20th. This…
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Community as a Superpower – Research in action.
Tagged with: community, refugee week, research, SCMR
Posted in Migration Comments, Migration Research
Posted in Migration Comments, Migration Research
Starmer’s ‘Island of strangers’ takes a page from Trump’s migration policy book. Spain shows a different path is possible
Caterina Mazzilli, ODI Global and Gonzalo Fanjul, Fundacion por Causa and ODI Europe With the presentation of his White Paper on 12th May 2025, UK Home Secretary Keir Starmer has been the latest to join the anti-immigration epidemic sweeping across…
Tagged with: migration, Regularization, Spain, United Kingdom, White paper
Posted in Migration Comments
Posted in Migration Comments
The current Colombian administration’s response towards Venezuelan migration: A clash between a liberal rhetoric, foreign policy and domestic politics
Manuel Alejandro Núñez Ochoa. Migration Studies MA alumnus (University of Sussex) and former Associate Resettlement and Complementary Pathways Officer. The Colombian response to Venezuelan forced migration has undergone significant changes since the administration of Gustavo Petro took office in 2022.…
From Mahidol to Sussex: A Doctoral Fellow’s Global Research Experience
Ken Calang, Mahidol University and Doctoral Visiting Fellow, SCMR Ken Calang, a PhD candidate in Multicultural Studies at Mahidol University, recently completed a Doctoral Visiting Fellowship at the University of Sussex. From February 3 to March 28, 2025, he was…
Tagged with: doctoral fellowship, mahidol university, SCMR, visiting researcher
Posted in Academic Life
Posted in Academic Life
Queering migration and asylum judgments
Nuno Ferreira, Professor of Law at the University of Sussex; Maria Federica Moscati, Reader in Law and Society at the University of Sussex; and Senthorun Raj, Reader in Human Rights Law at Manchester Metropolitan University What if we queered judgments…
Tagged with: Asylum Seekers & Refugees, LGBTQI+, queer migation, SOGIESC
Posted in Migration Research
Posted in Migration Research
Lessons from Cartagena: what can the world learn about migration governance?
Esteban Octavio Scuzarello, is a doctoral researcher at the European University Institute, Italy. His work focuses on forced displacement in South America. The 1970s and 1980s are remembered as turbulent years in Latin America, marked by coup d’états, political persecution,…
Tagged with: Asylum Seekers & Refugees, Cartagena declaration, forced migration
Posted in Migration Comments
Posted in Migration Comments
The Impact of USRAP Suspension on Family Reunification
Author Anonymous*, Refugee Resettlement specialist Over the course of its 45 year history, the United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) has earned and enjoyed broadly bipartisan support as a vital, national private-public partnership. It has long been recognized as integral…
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