Sep 24, 2018 | Politics & Society, Referee
By India-Mae Osborne India-Mae Osborne looks at the harrowing and dehumanising experiences of migrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers in the displaced persons camp system. When war erupted between Russia and Georgia in 2008, an estimated 150,000 refugees fled, many...
Sep 10, 2018 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
Can immigration lead to greater democratisation in the world? It depends where the migrants go says, Margaret Peters. Maria Armoudian spoke with Peters, author of Trading Barriers: Immigration and the Remaking of Globalization, about her new research into the impact...
Jul 3, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Wilson T. Bell With the United States attracting criticism over their policy of detaining children at the US-Mexico border, William T. Bell explores the dark history of children in concentration camps. Children and family have been central to the institution of the...
Jun 25, 2018 | Politics & Society
With reports of indefinite detentions and children being separated from their families at the United States border, Maria Armoudian explores how we got here, what the legal and political ramifications are, and what happens next for America with Kevin Johnson and David...
May 16, 2018 | Business & Economics, Politics & Society
By Aisling O’Loghlen Refugees can create jobs for locals in growing cities if given the chance, according to Aisling O’Loghlen. The term “refugee” conjures up certain images; bedraggled, desperate people hauling themselves onto lifeboats in the...
Mar 26, 2018 | Politics & Society
While the world deals with an ongoing and escalating refugee crisis, the United States has shut its doors on seven countries. State and local governments are seeking ways to challenge the Trump Administration’s orders. Maria Armoudian explores the historic, global,...
Sep 4, 2017 | Politics & Society
Murdoch Stephens started the ‘Doing Our Bit’ campaign to double New Zealand’s refugee quota in June 2013. In this lecture hosted by the Public Policy Institute, he discusses the issue of refugees, resettlement, and campaigning, looking at the projection of...