Regional Focus: Australia & New Zealand

Events:

Conference: Refugee Alternatives 2020, Brisbane, 13-14 February 2020 [info]
- Early bird registration deadline is 15 November 2019.

Conversation: Truth, Lies and Refugee Status: Does Blind Justice Provide Protection?, Melbourne, 27 November 2019 [info]

Publications:

"A Critical Narrative Review of Research about the Experiences of Being Muslim in New Zealand," New Zealand Journal of Psychology, vol. 48, no. 1 (April 2019) [full-text]

Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Irregular People Movement on the Doorstep (The Interpreter, Nov. 2019) [text]

"Photovoice and Refugee Research: The Case for a ‘Layers’ versus ‘Labels’ Approach to Vulnerability," Research Ethics, OnlineFirst, 19 Sept. 2019 [open access]
- "This case study tracks two similar PhotoVoice projects in Australia (Study 1) and New Zealand (Study 2)."

Position Paper: Protecting Refugees in Australia and Globally (UNHCR Canberra, Sept. 2019) [text]

"Refugee Protection in Australia: Policies and Practice," Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, vol. 35, nos. 1&2 (2019) [abstract]
- Note: REMI is a delayed open access journal; this article will become free to read after one year.

"Representing Refugees in Advocacy Campaigns," Forced Migration Review, no. 61 (June 2019) [open access]
- Focus is on New Zealand.

"A Search for Rights: Judicial and Administrative Responses to Migration and Refugee Cases," Chapter 17 in The Legal Protection of Rights in Australia (Hart Publishing, Nov. 2019) [preprint]

"Smoke and Mirrors," Harvard Political Review, 2 Oct. 2019 [text]
- Focus is on Australia.

Strengthening Refugee Voices in New Zealand, CARE White Paper Series, no. 3 (Massey Univ., Dec. 2018; posted June 2019) [text]

There's No Airport Border 'Crisis', Only Management Failure of the Home Affairs Department (The Conversation, Oct. 2019) [text]

UNSW Law Society Court of Conscience, no. 13 (2019) [full-text]
- Special issue on "Boats and borders: Australia’s response to refugees and asylum seekers." The editorial provides more info. about the issue which includes a "Brief Primer on Australia's Treatment of Refugees and Asylum Seekers" and a "Timeline of Australia's Refugee Policies," along with 14 articles.

The Use of Non-judicial Accountability Mechanisms by the Refugee Sector in Australia (La Trobe University & Refugee Council of Australia, Nov. 2019) [text]

"'We Were Not Merely Participating; We Were Leading the Discussions': Participation and Self-Representation of Refugee Young People in International Advocacy," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 25 Oct. 2019 [preprint]
- "This paper reports on findings from a research project on youth participation and self-representation at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in collaboration with two young women and two young men from refugee backgrounds who live in Australia."

Multimedia:

Free and Equal: An Australian Conversation on Human Rights, Sydney, 8 Oct. 2019 [info]
- Follow link for video of various presentations and panels, including one that focused on "The power
of mobilising international support and the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers globally." The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights gave the keynote address.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (25 Sept. 2019)

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