UNSW Kaldor Centre

'Global policy shopping and bad diaspora practices' Associate Professor Alan Gamlen, Associate Professor of Human Geography, School of Social Sciences, Monash University Kaldor Centre Conference 2017 - The Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration 24 November 2017

This podcast was recorded at the Kaldor Centre Conference 'The Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration', 24 November 2017. Panellists were: - David Wilden, First Assistant Secretary, Immigration and Citizenship Policy Division, Department of Immigration and Border Protection - Jamie Isbister, First Assistant Secretary, Humanitarian Coordinator, Humanitarian NGOs and Partnerships Division, Depart...

'Negotiating two new Global Compacts. Processes, politics and problems' Ambassador David Donoghue, Former Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations Closing Keynote Address, Kaldor Centre Conference, 24 November 2017

'UN Global Compact on Migration: Preventing migrant smuggling and human trafficking' Fiona David, Executive Director of Global Research, Walk Free Foundation Kaldor Centre Conference 2017 - The Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration 24 November 2017

'Governance without purpose? Grounding, measuring and influencing State performance on migration' Professor Alexander Betts, Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs and Director, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford Kaldor Centre Conference 2017 - The Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration 24 November 2017

'Refugee women and girls in the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework' Dr Linda Bartolomei and Associate Professor Eileen Pittaway, School of Social Sciences, UNSW Sydney Kaldor Centre Conference 2017 - The Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration 24 November 2017

'Can UNHCR provide a "shared responsibility" in countries of origin?', Kaldor Centre Conference, 24 November 2017 Dr Phil Orchard, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Queensland

'Seeking new ways forward: the politics, process and potential of the Global Compacts', Kaldor Centre Conference, 24 November 2017 Dr Madeline Garlick, Chief of the Protection Policy and Legal Advice Section, Division of International Protection, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Professor Elizabeth Ferris from the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University delivered the opening keynote address at the Kaldor Centre Conference 2017. The presentation title was 'Negotiating two new Global Compacts. Processes, politics and problems'.

In his opening address to the Kaldor Centre Conference 2017, Acting Director Guy S Goodwin-Gill's year in review surveys history to remind us that providing protection and finding solutions for refugees is a perpetual struggle.

Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is actively involved in international talks to develop the two Global Compacts, one for refugees and one on migration. As the Department's Head of Humanitarian, NGOs and Partnerships Division, Jamie Isbister is leading DFAT’s work toward the Global Compacts, advocating for Australia’s perspectives on better addressing refugee and displacem...

How has Australia moved from a humanitarian approach to asylum seekers – and is there a way back? How is public opinion influenced by the actions and attitudes of politicians and the media? What impact can international law and the legal profession have? On 2 November, UNSW Law Alumni’s Look who’s talking series presented a fascinating discussion with: Historian and Asylum By Boat author Dr Claire...

171014.0820: Origins of Australia's refugee policy by UNSW Kaldor Centre

A government under intense pressure from unprecedented numbers of asylum seekers arriving by boat, its radical policy attracting global attention; this might sound like contemporary Australia. It is in fact the Australian government of 40 years ago, facing the wave of boat people from Vietnam. Senior research associate at the Kaldor Centre, Dr Claire Higgins, speaks to The World Today about her bo...

Kaldor Centre's Senior Research Associate Madeline Gleeson speaks with Clare Wright from ABC Radio National

5 Questions on safe zones with Professor Geoff Gilbert by UNSW Kaldor Centre

11 April 2017, the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law hosted a seminar by David FitzGerald of the University of California, San Diego entitled 'Remote Control of Asylum Seekers: The US Experience'. More information available: http://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/event/remote-control-asylum-seekers-us-experience-0

Hosted by the Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW and Macquarie University The movement of asylum seekers and migrants by boat has seized attention across the world. In Australia and elsewhere, governments have enacted policies to intercept and turn back asylum seekers at sea. What do we know (and not know) about these policies, and what are the legal and practical im...

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference 2016 FROM REFUGEE EMERGENCY TO PROTRACTED EXILE: THE ROLE OF 'TIME' IN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION 18 November 2016 Closing keynote address Professor François Crépeau, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants Chaired by Andrew Kaldor AM, Founder, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW For more: https://exit.sc/...

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference 2016 FROM REFUGEE EMERGENCY TO PROTRACTED EXILE: THE ROLE OF 'TIME' IN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION 18 November 2016 Panel 3 - How do law and policy shape refugees' experience of time? Sarah Dale, Principal Solicitor, Refugee Advice & Casework Service Professor Ben Saul, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney Shukufa Tahiri, Policy Assistant, Refuge...

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference 2016 FROM REFUGEE EMERGENCY TO PROTRACTED EXILE: THE ROLE OF 'TIME' IN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION 18 November 2016 Panel 2 - Creeping Crises: From emergency to development 'A crisis of political imaginary: Categorising mobile populations and the ambivalence of a categorised life' Associate Professor Claudia Tazreiter, Faculty of Arts & Social Sc...

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference 2016 FROM REFUGEE EMERGENCY TO PROTRACTED EXILE: THE ROLE OF 'TIME' IN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION 18 November 2016 Panel 2 - Creeping Crises: From emergency to development 'The notion of "crisis": Do we need to rethink the links between mobility, development and inequality?' Professor Stephen Castles, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Universit...

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference 2016 FROM REFUGEE EMERGENCY TO PROTRACTED EXILE: THE ROLE OF 'TIME' IN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION 18 November 2016 Panel 2 - Creeping Crises: From emergency to development 'Minding the humanitarian–development gap in refugee response: Where do we stand?' Frances Voon, Executive Manager, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Chaired b...

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference 2016 FROM REFUGEE EMERGENCY TO PROTRACTED EXILE: THE ROLE OF 'TIME' IN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION 18 November 2016 Panel 1 - Time and refugee status determination 'Pathways to refugee trauma recovery: what does the psychological and neurobiological research tell us?' Professor Richard Bryant & Dr Belinda Liddell, School of Psychology, UNSW Chair...

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference 2016 FROM REFUGEE EMERGENCY TO PROTRACTED EXILE: THE ROLE OF 'TIME' IN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION 18 November 2016 Panel 1 - Time and refugee status determination Time and the assessment of risk in refugee status determination Bruce Burson, New Zealand Immigration and Protection Tribunal Chaired by Farid Varess, Special Counsel, Fragomen For mor...