Refugees escape from persecution, conflict, death threats and torture. The majority of refugee women and girls survive rape and sexual abuse in transit and in camps. Boys and girls are taken as child soldiers. Refugee camps are dangerous and services are inadequate to fulfil basic needs. Despite this, refugees fight to maintain their dignity, their families, their communities and their culture. They do this in the face of often insurmountable problems. Refugees bring an enormous and...

Climate induced migration is not just happening to low-lying islands. The catastrophic drought means thousands of Bolivians are simply walking away from their homes and land for cities already suffering from water shortages.  

Opening of the 2011 UNSW Refugee Conference - "Looking to the Future, Learning from the Past". Host: Dr Eileen Pittaway, Centre for Refugee Research, UNSW Welcome to Country: Dennis Golding, Nura Gili, UNSW Welcome to UNSW: Professor James Donald, Dean Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Welcome to UNHCR Commemorations: Richard Towle, Regional Representative UNHCR Regional Office for Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Welcome to the Refugee Conference 2011: John Gibson,...

Professor Jane McAdam, Faculty of Law, UNSW will be in conversation with Dr Jeff Crisp, Head, Policy Development and Evaluation Services UNHCR Geneva who will discuss International Refugee Protection: Reflections on the role of UNHCR in the context of the 60th Anniversary of the Refugee Convention. From the 2011 Refugee Conference at UNSW.

  Personal Stories from Six Decades of Refugee Protection Six refugees who arrived in Australia over the six decades since the ratification of the Refugee Convention tell stories of their journeys to safety in Australia, bringing personal perspectives on refugee movements from Eastern Europe, Latin America, South-East and South-West Asia and Africa.  This event was organised by the Refugee Council of Australia in memory of Kenneth Deakin Rivett (1923-2004), a founding member of the Refugee...

Dr Melika Yassin Sheikh-Eldin, AMES, addresses the 2011 Refugee Conference at UNSW

Senator Kate Lundy, Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, addresses the 2011 Refugee Conference at UNSW.

Closing address of the 2011 UNSW Refugee Conference - "Looking to the Future, Learning from the Past". Speakers: •    Cheery Zahua •    Paul Power, CEO Refugee Council of Australia •    Dr Jeff Crisp, Head, Policy Development and Evaluation Services UNHCR  

Session 2 of the 2011 Refugee Conference at UNSW Civil society/refugee responses to camp situations in Thailand. Civil society engagement with urban refugees in Malaysia. A refugee perspective on the difficulty of not having refugee status, gaining protection and accessing UNHCR. Speakers: Sally Thompson and Renuka Balasubraminiam    

Four refugees of very different backgrounds - from Burma, Iraq, Sudan and Liberia -- tell of what brought them to Australia and the lives they now lead. Filmed as part of the international 2011 Refugee Conference hosted by UNSW.

With a Federal election looming, Associate Professor Jane McAdam from the Faculty of Law's International Refugee and Migration Law Project dispels some common misconceptions about asylum seekers.

As the science of climate change becomes increasingly well understood, the ramifications of projected increases in temperature, changes to rainfall patterns, rises in sea-level and increase in extreme weather events require attention from policy-makers worldwide. This is particularly apparent in relation to migration, refugees and international security, with climate change acting as a threat multiplier to exacerbate existing tensions and instability. The Institute of Environmental...

With a Federal election looming, Associate Professor Jane McAdam from the Faculty of Law's International Refugee and Migration Law Project dispels some common misconceptions about asylum seekers. TO VIEW A LONGER VERSION OF THIS INTERVIEW CLICK ON THE LINK AT THE RIGHT OF THIS PAGE. Trouble viewing this video? Watch it on YouTube - click on "YouTube version" at right.