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As Refugee Week 2021 coincided with Refugee History's five-year anniversary, we have taken the opportunity to curate and republish a selection of pieces from our growing archive. These articles were chosen for two reasons: first, they tackle important issues in the field of refugee history, and second, they reflect many of the values and priorities of the Refugee History project.
Is the 1951 UN Refugee Convention eurocentric? There are plenty of reasons to think so. But we should pause before we condemn it as hopelessly outdated and eurocentric. We need a better historical understanding of how states and refugees in the global south have participated in, expanded on, and responded to the convention.