Thinking Global Podcast – Natasha Saunders
Natasha Saunders speaks about distinguishing refugee status and asylum, the slow violence of asylum, digital border technologies, UK asylum policy, and refugee resistance.
Review – People Forced to Flee
This comprehensive account of forced displacement highlights the potential for change, advocates more judicial action, and tackles the organisation’s own failings.
The Implementation of Mexico’s Refugee, Complementary Protection and Political Asylum Law
The US has conditioned Mexico’s refugee policy to the extent that it scarcely reflects the law.
Women for Profit – Seeking Asylum in the United States: A Neocolonial Story
Through neoliberal processes, women who seek asylum are subject to exploitation both in their countries of origin and once they reach their destinations.
Rejected Asylum Claims and Children in International Human Rights Law
An international perspective creates a counter-narrative on migration that stands out from state-centered discourses on irregularity and fights against abuses.
Subsidiarity Versus Solidarity? EU Asylum and Immigration Policy
An effort should be made to find a balance between measures which have to be adopted at a central or coordinated level and measures which need to remain in the hands of governments.
Technologies of Truth and the LGBTI+ Asylum Reality
The truths that science seek should be viewed with caution by those who implement the rules and have the power to apply their effects to the harsh reality of LGBTI+ people around the world.
Legal Representation for Asylum-Seekers and Refugees: Much Needed yet Sparse
In times of emergency when states restrict individual rights and freedoms, the marginalised, vulnerable and disadvantaged members of society will be most hard-hit.
Jus Post Bellum and Responsibilities to Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Pope Francis draws on jus post bellum to demand that states who intervene militarily in the affairs of others, take responsibility for those displaced by intervention.
The US Family Separation Crisis and the Gendered Violence of Deterrence
At this critical moment, there is need for comprehensive research to examine and challenge the racialized and gendered violence of migration deterrence.
