Tag Archives: Migration

Regional cooperation: An impossible dream?

Posted in: Human Rights, Migration | January 30, 2013 at 3:00 pm , by Guest Author/s

Fifty-six-year-old Ali spent a year in detention in Indonesia until he received refugee status from UNHCR. He left his wife and 11 children back home in Afghanistan (Paulus Enggal/JRS).

Millions of refugees and asylum seekers face tough challenges in their struggle to find safety in Asia Pacific. Oliver White examines why countries, including Australia, should seek a regional solution to ensuring the safety and human rights of asylum seekers and refugees in the region....

Climate Change and migration: what we need to be doing right now

Posted in: Environment, Ethics in development, Human Rights, Humanitarian Relief & Post-Conflict, Migration | August 20, 2012 at 5:28 pm , by Erin Nash

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Climate Change is happening, but we do not seem to realise it. The socio-economic impacts of Climate Change are enormous and the implications for human well-being are frightening. Erin Nash tackles the tricky landscape of Climate Change and migration, unpacking the concept of 'climate refugees'. Who are they? Where will...

When I move you move: it’s the conflict, stupid.

Posted in: Migration | October 5, 2011 at 8:13 pm , by Brendan Rigby

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The other week, Triple J's Hack featured a IV-part series looking at the decade since 9/11. One of the interviewees, an academic from ANU, spoke of how 9/11 and the subsequent conflicts have been a catalyst for increased migration. In particular, of forced migration; or in Australian terms, 'why people...

Are you a Greek or a Barbarian?

Posted in: Ethics in development | May 12, 2011 at 3:00 pm , by Brendan Rigby

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When living abroad in another community, self reflection on identity is common and useful. However, words such as "expat", "aid worker" and "stuff we like" all serve to separate ourselves from the community within which we live. Is this separation necessary, or does it go completely against the grain of...

Big Society, Big Cuts

Posted in: Politics | February 23, 2011 at 2:21 pm , by Bisha Ali

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In 2010 the UK's coalition government announced a new budget that potentially sent mixed messages to the British public. Now, in 2011, the proposed cuts are hacking away at the public sector, and citizens are divided as international aid commitments are upheld and indeed increased. With Cameron eyeballing and publicly...

Chinese migrants: Stuck in the middle

Posted in: China & Development | August 26, 2010 at 9:17 am , by Ellie Wong

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China is indebted to its liudongrenkou, or ‘floating population’, for its unprecedented economic growth. Yet, what is life really like for the workers of the world’s biggest factory? In her first article for whydev, Ellie Wong, a an Australian Youth Ambassador for Development in Beijing, examines internal Chinese migration. She...