UNIVERSITY OF LONDON LAUNCHES THE FIRST EVER DISTANCE LEARNING MASTERS IN REFUGEE STUDIES The University of London International Programmes will shortly welcome its first cohort of students to the newly launched Masters in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies. This is the first distance learning course of its kind and was developed by the Refugee … Continue reading Masters in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies
Executive Summary More than ten million people are stateless today. In a world of nation states, they live on the margins without membership in any state, and, as a consequence, have few enforceable legal rights. Stateless individuals face gaps in protection and in many cases experience persecution that falls within the refugee paradigm. However, US … Continue reading The Intersection of Statelessness and Refugee Protection in US Asylum Policy
The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic (HIRC) released today a comprehensive report titled Bordering on Failure: Canada-U.S. Border Policy and the Politics of Refugee Exclusion. The result of extensive research and fact-finding investigations led by HIRC affiliates Dr. Efrat Arbel (SJD 12) and Alletta Brenner (JD 14), the report finds that Canada is systematically closing … Continue reading Bordering on Failure: Canada-US Border Policy and the Politics of Refugee Exclusion