Inaugural Issue of OxMo

The first issue of the Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration (OxMo) is now available. This new student-run publication offers 11 short essays, personal accounts and academic articles "from authors in Afghanistan, Australia, Brazil, Egypt, Ecuador, Hong Kong, the UK, and the USA." Titles include:

• The Politics of Social Exclusion: Asylum Support Provisions in the UK's Draft Immigration Bill 2009
• Terms of Endangerment: Evolving Political and Legal Terminology for North Koreans
• Protecting Internally Displaced Women Leaders in Colombia: From Policy to Practice
• Education of Young Burmese Refugees in the Midwestern United States
• Beyond the Hostile State: Imagining Universities of Sanctuary
• Living up to Human Rights in Australia: Observations on Granting Asylum
• Sales over Substance: Pandering to Populism on the Right and the Left
• An Epic Journey towards a Refugee Visa
• A Culture of Disbelief or Denial? Critiquing Refugee Status Determination in the United Kingdom
• A New Comprehensive Plan of Action: Addressing the Refugee Protection Gap in Southeast Asia through Local and Regional Integration
• "Come, we kill what is called 'persecution life'": Sudanese Refugee Youth Gangs in Cairo

While not explicitly designated an "open access" journal, OxMo does provide free full-text access to its articles, and does not restrict their downloading, reproduction or circulation.

The publication continues to accept submissions. Its second issue will be published later in the year.

Tagged Periodicals.