Tag Archives: Migration

Initiative on Child Rights in the Global Compact on Refugees and the Global Compact on Migration

At the September 2016 high-level Summit for Refugees and Migrants, the UN General Assembly adopted the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, which sets an ambitious agenda around protecting and sharing responsibility for refugees and migrants on a global scale. The international community has been called upon to translate these commitments into practice by […]

Families in Flight: Today’s International Refugee Crisis || Radcliffe Institute

The Radcliffe Institute hosts a panel discussion to explore topics of pressing global concern: refugees, forced migration, and internally displaced people. Introduction by Lizabeth Cohen, dean, Radcliffe Institute, and Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies, Department of History, Harvard University Moderated by Jacqueline Bhabha (9:40), professor of the practice of health and human rights, […]

Harper Lecture: Migration Trauma: Refugees and Migrants in Crisis with Aimee Hilado

Migration Trauma: Refugees and Migrants in Crisis Faculty Lecturer: Aimee Hilado There are roughly 100 million forcibly displaced refugees and migrants living across the world. Between human rights violations, global conflict, and climate change, that number continues to rise. How do these individuals cope, process their experiences, and rebuild their lives in such dire circumstances? […]

Global Governance Author Panel: Migration, Refugees, and UNHCR

“Migration, Refugees, and UNHCR” is a dialogue on refugee and migration policy in the context of UNHCR’s 70th anniversary hosted by the David M. Kennedy Center at Brigham Young University. Panelists Dr. Erika Feller, Vice Chancellor’s Fellow at The University of Melbourne, Former Assistant High Commissioner of UNHCR and author of “UNHCR at 70: A […]

Treating immigrants and refugees with dignity / Rachel Krofcheck/ University of Glasgow

Rachel is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and studies Global Migration & Social Justice. She is passionate about supporting immigrants and refugees and working to end the dehumanisation and criminalisation of these communities. To help her work towards her ambition, we took her to visit organisations in Glasgow which are supporting refugees; Refuweegee and Milk Café (both […]