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

This seminar examined the reception of Haitians on the move in South America from 2010 onwards, and explores how the continuing legacies of colonialism were reflected in racialised asylum and immigration policies in the region and their impacts on Haitian protracted displacement. 

Featuring:

• Dr Natalia Cintra (University of Southampton) 
• Dr Helidah Ogude-Chambert (University of Oxford)

This session is part of the 15th International Refugee Law Seminar Series: Moments in Refugee History and the Development of the Modern Refugee Regime: Understanding refugee law and policy today

This seminar series probes key thematic issues relating to the law and policy of refugee protection today, using important – and often less-recognised – moments in refugee history to further our understandings of developments in these fields. 

By providing a forum for scholars of history and contemporary refugee law and policy to engage, the cross-disciplinary series will explore the enduring legacies of key geo-political events and processes such as nationalism, colonialism, and capitalism, in the evolution of the today’s refugee regime. 

This series is convened by the Refugee Law Initiative in collaboration with Refugee History.