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Challenging ‘Fortress Europe’: Refugee Solidarities in 1990s Britain
Challenging ‘Fortress Europe’: Refugee Solidarities in 1990s Britain
A new politics of solidarity?
A new politics of solidarity?
A recent history of camps in French migration policy, part 2: Encampment and eviction
A recent history of camps in French migration policy, part 2: Encampment and eviction
A recent history of camps in French migration policy, part 1: Making camps
A recent history of camps in French migration policy, part 1: Making camps
10 Articles for 20 Years: UEA Refugee History’s Aid, Advocacy and Activism Series
10 Articles for 20 Years: UEA Refugee History’s Aid, Advocacy and Activism Series
4 Periods in the UK’s History of Voluntary Refugee Support
4 Periods in the UK’s History of Voluntary Refugee Support
Supporting Asylum Seekers and Refugees for Two Decades: Initiatives by the University of East London and Refugee Council Archive
Supporting Asylum Seekers and Refugees for Two Decades: Initiatives by the University of East London and Refugee Council Archive
STAR - Welcoming Refugees to the UK Since 1994
STAR - Welcoming Refugees to the UK Since 1994
The Aquarius and its historic precedents: rescue at sea and the politics of disembarkation
The Aquarius and its historic precedents: rescue at sea and the politics of disembarkation
Humans and animals in refugee camps, past and present
Humans and animals in refugee camps, past and present
How photographs contribute to understanding refugee history: Kukes, the Kosovar refugees and lessons for refugee aid
How photographs contribute to understanding refugee history: Kukes, the Kosovar refugees and lessons for refugee aid
Generosity in translation: the value of volunteering to Australia’s Kosovar refugee programme
Generosity in translation: the value of volunteering to Australia’s Kosovar refugee programme
People to People: The Volunteer Phenomenon
People to People: The Volunteer Phenomenon
Refugee Week 2018: 20 Years of Refugee Aid, Advocacy and Activism
Refugee Week 2018: 20 Years of Refugee Aid, Advocacy and Activism

Then & Now

Refugees & Representation

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Apartheid refugees: literature and exile
Apartheid refugees: literature and exile
Not just rescue: rethinking 30 April 1975 and Vietnamese diasporic history
Not just rescue: rethinking 30 April 1975 and Vietnamese diasporic history
A recent history of camps in French migration policy, part 2: Encampment and eviction
A recent history of camps in French migration policy, part 2: Encampment and eviction
Historicising displacement: Bridging academia and refugee agency
Historicising displacement: Bridging academia and refugee agency
Forced to Flee: Engaging with conflict and community responses to refugees
Forced to Flee: Engaging with conflict and community responses to refugees
Refugees at IWM – Filling in the gaps
Refugees at IWM – Filling in the gaps
Refugees at IWM – Where turning away is an option
Refugees at IWM – Where turning away is an option
Refugees at the Imperial War Museum: a virtual round table
Refugees at the Imperial War Museum: a virtual round table
Flight & Suspended: An Artist’s Response to the “Refugee Crisis”
Flight & Suspended: An Artist’s Response to the “Refugee Crisis”
Partition of India
Partition of India

Reviews

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Review of ‘The Refugee System’ by Rawan Arar and David Scott FitzGerald
Review of ‘The Refugee System’ by Rawan Arar and David Scott FitzGerald
Precarity of welcome: review of Becky Taylor's Refugees in Twentieth-Century Britain
Precarity of welcome: review of Becky Taylor's Refugees in Twentieth-Century Britain
Reflecting on Refugee History: Refugee Week 2021
Reflecting on Refugee History: Refugee Week 2021
A new politics of solidarity?
A new politics of solidarity?
Historicising displacement: Bridging academia and refugee agency
Historicising displacement: Bridging academia and refugee agency
Forced to Flee: Engaging with conflict and community responses to refugees
Forced to Flee: Engaging with conflict and community responses to refugees
Refugees at IWM – Filling in the gaps
Refugees at IWM – Filling in the gaps
Refugees at IWM – Where turning away is an option
Refugees at IWM – Where turning away is an option
Refugees at the Imperial War Museum: a virtual round table
Refugees at the Imperial War Museum: a virtual round table
Review of Communities of Solidarity: The Story of Pikpa Refugee Camp
Review of Communities of Solidarity: The Story of Pikpa Refugee Camp

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