Established in 2020, the Externalisation Working Group is the first working group to be created at the RLI. It provides an academic platform for promoting exchange and developing collaborative research on the global effects of externalisation policies on refugees and asylum-seekers. Currently, it consists of experts from Australia, Asia, Africa, the US and Europe. 

Key outputs and activities

  • The Working Group contributed to the first RLI Declaration on Externalisation and Asylum, recently published by the International Journal of Refugee Law. The Declaration and its accompanying analytical paper are available here.
  • Working Group Panel, Chain-Externalisation of EU Migration Management Policies, 6th RLI annual conference, 2022
  • Working Group Panel, Externalisation, Responsibility Sharing, and the Global Compact on Refugees, 5th RLI annual conference, 2021
  • Working Group Panel, Under-explored Obligations and Accountability Mechanisms in the Externalisation of Asylum Policies, 5th RLI annual conference, 2021

The Externalisation Working Group is convened by Dr Nikolas Feith Tan and Dr Mariana Gkliati. RLI network members who wish to become involved should email the convenors directly. 

Current members

Soumia Bouhdoud

Soumia Bouhdoud

PHD candidate in Sociology of Migration, Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, Morocco

Lynn Hillary

Lynn Hillary

Doctoral researcher at the Open University of the Netherlands

Asher Hirsch

Asher Hirsch

Senior Policy Officer with the Refugee Council of Australia
& a PhD candidate at Monash University in Law Faculty

Likim Ng

Likim Ng

PhD candidate at Australian National University

Adel-Naim Reyhani

Adel-Naim Reyhani

Researcher at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM) in Vienna

Sophia Soares

Sophia Soares

PhD Researcher at the University of Bristol’s School of Law

Almamy Sylla

Dr. Almamy Sylla

Senior Lecturer at the Université des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines de Bamako (ULSHB), Mali

Zagor

Matthew Zagor

Associate Professor at Australian National University
Director of Law Reform and Social Justice (ANU)