Refugee Law Initiative

News

19 nov

'Health of people who are displaced in their own countries is a neglected global crisis' by Prof David Cantor

22 oct

School of Advanced Study launches new Public Humanities Fellowship

07 jun

New Joint Editors-In Chief of the International Journal of Refugee Law

03 jun

The RLI's 2024 Declaration on International Protection in the context of Disasters and Climate Change

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Events

10 Dec 2024

Displacement, War and the Future of Sudan

Seminar

02 - 04 Jun 2025

Refugee Law and Forced Migration Studies: Debates, Interactions and Futures | 15th Annual RLI Anniversary Conference

Conference / Symposium

14 Nov 2024

In Person and Online Book Launch for 'Refugee Reception in (Southern) Africa' in Kenya

Round table discussion

21 Mar 2025

Unsung asylum: The law and practice of refugee hosting in communist and authoritarian states

Seminar

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Podcasts

Coloniality and the racialisation of refugee protection: Reflections on asylum law and policy in South America and the UK

How Can the UNFCCC Loss and Damage Mechanism Help Catalyse Lasting Solutions to Displacement in the Context of Climate Change?

Workshop on International Protection, Disasters and Climate Change in Africa

Criminalising Asylum: From exceptionalism to Rwanda | Inaugural lecture by Professor Singer

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10 dec

The Reception of Refugees: The ongoing influence of historical laws and tra…

Blog post by Dr Nicholas Maple, Lecturer in Refugee Studies, Refugee Law Initiative, University of London* This post was originally published on the African Law…

05 dec

Pushbacks and Power Plays: The Human Cost of the EU’s Migration Policies

Blog Post by Havva Yesil, PhD researcher, Dublin City University  The recent judgement by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in M.A. and Z.R. …

20 nov

Official recognition of unofficial practices in M.A. and Z.R. v Cyprus: Exa…

Blog Post by Prof. Dr Grażyna Baranowska, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg; and Jill Alpes, Sciences Po Paris and Lebanese American University.…

19 nov

The Italy-Albania Protocol: Curbing Migration At All Costs

Blog post by Dr. Alice Lacchei, Research Fellow in Political Science at the University of Bologna, and Dr. Chiara Scissa, Research Fellow in EU Law at the Unive…

05 nov

Rethinking the Syrian Refugee Crisis In Light of the Israeli War on Lebanon

Blog post by Manoug Antaby, a Research Assistant at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies After the eruption of the Syrian conflict in 2011, Lebanon,…

24 oct

Forced Human Mobility Due to Environmental Factors in Peru: Legislative Adv…

Blog post by Luis Alejandro Pebe Muñoz, member of the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (IDEHPUCP) and the I…

23 oct

Paths to Peace: Reconciliation Strategies for Ukraine’s Displaced Populatio…

Blog post by Jacob Lewine * Introduction The conflict in Ukraine, now in its third year, has displaced millions both internally and across Europe. As the fighti…

21 oct

Lessons from one of the largest and longest refugee crises in history

Blog post by Dr James C. Simeon, Professor, York University The end of the Vietnam War on April 30, 1975, precipitated one of the largest and longest refugee cr…

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The RLI has published its Declaration on International Protection in the context of Disasters and Climate Change