Episodes
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Confronting Refugee Myths
With a Federal election looming, Associate Professor Jane McAdam from the Faculty of Law's International Refugee and Migration Law Project dispels some common misconceptions about asylum seekers. TO VIEW A LONGER VERSION OF THIS INTERVIEW CLICK ON THE LINK AT THE RIGHT OF THIS PAGE. Trouble…
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2011 Refugee Conference - Senator Kate Lundy
Senator Kate Lundy, Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, addresses the 2011 Refugee Conference at UNSW.
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Eileen Pittaway: Innocent victims, Illegal migrants or political pawns?
Refugees escape from persecution, conflict, death threats and torture. The majority of refugee women and girls survive rape and sexual abuse in transit and in camps. Boys and girls are taken as child soldiers. Refugee camps are dangerous and services are inadequate to fulfil basic needs. Despite...
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Bolivia: Leaving the land
Climate induced migration is not just happening to low-lying islands. The catastrophic drought means thousands of Bolivians are simply walking away from their homes and land for cities already suffering from water shortages.
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2011 Refugee Conference - Conference Opening
Opening of the 2011 UNSW Refugee Conference - "Looking to the Future, Learning from the Past". Host: Dr Eileen Pittaway, Centre for Refugee Research, UNSW Welcome to Country: Dennis Golding, Nura Gili, UNSW Welcome to UNSW: Professor James Donald, Dean Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Welcome…
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2011 Refugee Conference - Prof Jane McAdam in conversation with Dr Jeff Crisp.
Professor Jane McAdam, Faculty of Law, UNSW will be in conversation with Dr Jeff Crisp, Head, Policy Development and Evaluation Services UNHCR Geneva who will discuss International Refugee Protection: Reflections on the role of UNHCR in the context of the 60th Anniversary of the Refugee…
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2011 Refugee Conference - Personal Stories
Personal Stories from Six Decades of Refugee Protection Six refugees who arrived in Australia over the six decades since the ratification of the Refugee Convention tell stories of their journeys to safety in Australia, bringing personal perspectives on refugee movements from Eastern Europe, Latin...
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2011 Refugee Conference - Dr Melika Yassin Sheikh-Eldin
Dr Melika Yassin Sheikh-Eldin, AMES, addresses the 2011 Refugee Conference at UNSW
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2011 Refugee Conference - Closing Address
Closing address of the 2011 UNSW Refugee Conference - "Looking to the Future, Learning from the Past". Speakers: • Cheery Zahua • Paul Power, CEO Refugee Council of Australia • Dr Jeff Crisp, Head, Policy Development and Evaluation Services UNHCR
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2011 Refugee Conference - Challenges in the Asia-Pacific region
Session 2 of the 2011 Refugee Conference at UNSW Civil society/refugee responses to camp situations in Thailand. Civil society engagement with urban refugees in Malaysia. A refugee perspective on the difficulty of not having refugee status, gaining protection and accessing UNHCR. Speakers: Sally...
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Refugee Voices
Four refugees of very different backgrounds - from Burma, Iraq, Sudan and Liberia -- tell of what brought them to Australia and the lives they now lead. Filmed as part of the international 2011 Refugee Conference hosted by UNSW.
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Talking Point: Jane McAdam--Confronting Refugee Myths (Long Version - AUDIO)
With a Federal election looming, Associate Professor Jane McAdam from the Faculty of Law's International Refugee and Migration Law Project dispels some common misconceptions about asylum seekers.
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Climate Change, Migration and Environmental Refugees
As the science of climate change becomes increasingly well understood, the ramifications of projected increases in temperature, changes to rainfall patterns, rises in sea-level and increase in extreme weather events require attention from policy-makers worldwide. This is particularly apparent in...
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