Refugees Blog Posts

See on StirringTroubleInternationally.com- News From Stirring Trouble Internationally Syria is getting more and more complicated by the day. There are no obvious solutions anymore. Mehmet Ali writes from Damascus: Fighting in Damascus suicide car bom...

See on StirringTroubleInternationally.com- News From Stirring Trouble Internationally Syria is getting more and more complicated by the day. There are no obvious solutions anymore. Mehmet Ali writes from Damascus: Fighting in Damascus suicide car bom...

My post for ThinkBrigade Black in Brighton: Mariam Issa’s Resilient life touches on a thoroughly modern and topical Australian story. Mariam tells her 'refugee' journey from Somalia and Kenya to Melbourne's East Brighton in a self-published autobio...

Red Harmisson writes from Sydney: The Australia n government has admitted that it has a major problem with South East Asian boat people, otherwise known as illegal immigrants. I would really love to go to Asia, Australia and it would be great to meet...

Last week Wendy Bacon & I spoke about what happens to coverage of human rights abuses when journalists are shut out. The presentation was part of the Thomson Reuters Human Rights Law conference in Sydney on 22 Nov 2012.My webpage/blog post for the pr...

William Maley, Director of the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, Australian National University, speaks about current Australian government policy towards asylum seekers who arrive by boat. The presentation was part of Thomson Reuters Human Rights L...

Ron Merkel, barrister and former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia, addressed the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference on 20 July 2012."Australia's 'horse and buggy' Constitution has shown a remarkable ability to adapt to political, so...

"I remain ready, willing and able to work with anyone who wants to promote the human rights of asylum seekers.But I also remain ready, willing and able to work against those who don't."Allan Asher, former Australian Commonwealth Ombudsman, addressed...

Turkey has the right to intervene in Syria according to a mutual treaty. The international coalition may follow. But this will merely be the prelude to further fighting in Syria.

The shame of it. The deplorable, utter disgusting shame of it all.   What on earth is the job of the UNHCR if not to protect poor vulnerable people like these Burmese ? What is the job of the Delhi Police if not to protect the people of this ci...

Immigration is an issue that has been pushed to the sidelines in most accounts of what constitutes a just society. John Rawls, for instance, explicitly excludes potential migrants from consideration by stating that his theory applies to “a closed s...

Afghan refugees gather outside the house in Haripur, Pakistan, that Pakistan's intelligence agency believes Osama bin Laden lived in for nearly a year until he moved into the villa where he was eventually killed. HARIPUR, Pakistan (AP) — It's...

Asylum seekers seem to keep on making news. In some places, like Australia, asylum seekers are regarded as criminals, and the media sometimes refer to "suspected asylum seekers", as though seeking asylum was a crime one could be suspected of committi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is announcing a wide-ranging effort to use U.S. foreign aid to promote rights for g-a-y-s and l3sb!ans abroad, including combating attempts by foreign governments to criminalize h0m0s3xual!ty. In a memoran...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is announcing a wide-ranging effort to use U.S. foreign aid to promote rights for g-a-y-s and l3sb!ans abroad, including combating attempts by foreign governments to criminalize h0m0s3xual!ty. In a memoran...

Full Story: Pakistan TodayWhen the former Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan  in 1980, millions of Afghans fled to Pakistan and stayed back even when Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan a decade later. With Afghanistan tota...