The Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW is the world’s first research centre dedicated to the study of international refugee law. Through high-quality research feeding into public policy debate and legislative reform, the Centre brings a principled, human rights-based approach to refugee law and forced migration in Australia, the Asia-Pacific region, and globally. It provides an independent space to connect academics, policymakers and NGOs, and creates an important bridge bet ...
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A decade of determination: Jane McAdam on the Kaldor Centre's first 10 years
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UNSW's Kaldor Centre was established as the Abbott government came to power with its “stop the boats” campaign; the Centre showed the power of starting with hope, becoming the world’s first centre dedicated to the study of international refugee law. For a decade, Jane McAdam AO has steered the Centre as an authoritative, non-partisan voice of reaso…
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2023 Conference Keynote: Will International law still be relevant?
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A recording of the closing keynote address at the 2023 Kaldor Centre Conference: 'Learning from the future: Foresight for the next decade of forced migration' held on 20 November 2023.Kaldor Centre Director, Scientia Professor Jane McAdam AO, reflected on the day’s discussions and the implications of future megatrends for international refugee law.…
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2023 Conference Panel: Will refugees be welcome?
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Recording of Panel Session 3 at the 2023 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Learning from the future: Foresight for the next decade of forced migration' held on 20 November 2023 at UNSW Sydney.Speakers: Peter Lewis, Executive Director, Essential MediaAmanda Tattersall, Associate Professor of Practice, Sydney Policy LabLenore Taylor, Editor, Guardian Austra…
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2023 Conference Panel: How will we identify people in need of protection?
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Recording of Panel Session 2 at the 2023 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Learning from the future: Foresight for the next decade of forced migration' held on 20 November 2023 at UNSW Sydney.Speakers: Cathryn Costello, Professor of Global Refugee & Migration Law, University College DublinNiamh Kinchin, Acting Dean of Law, University of WollongongEdward S…
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2023 Conference Panel: Will people in need of protection be able to access it?
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Panel session recording from the 2023 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Learning from the future: Foresight for the next decade of forced migration' held on 20 November 2023 at UNSW Sydney.Speakers: Magdalena Arias Cubas, Red Cross Red Crescent Global Migration LabLouis Everuss, Centre Coordinator, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of South Aus…
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2023 Conference Keynote: Thinking about the future of forced migration
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How do we start thinking about the future of forced migration? A recording of the opening keynote address from the 2023 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Learning from the future: Foresight for the next decade of forced migration'. A dynamic day-long program that challenged participants to step out of today’s set agenda to look forward to 2033 and conside…
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2023 Kaldor Centre Conference: Opening Remarks
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A recording of the opening remarks from the 2023 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Learning from the future: Foresight for the next decade of forced migration' to set the scene for the day long event.The conference took participants 10 years into the future, to explore the forced migration challenges we may face in the decade to come. The purpose was not …
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After NZYQ – Community Safety Orders
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NZYQ v Minister for Immigration (NZYQ) changed the landscape for immigration detainees in Australia. It led to the release of at least 149 people from indefinite immigration detention where there was no real prospect of removing them from Australia in the 'reasonably foreseeable future’. It also led to the rapid passage of new legislative provision…
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Global perspectives on resettlement and complementary pathways
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As the number of displaced people around the world continues to increase, the gap between the needs and availability of durable solutions grows wider. Resettlement plays an important role in providing solutions, and there is an increasing recognition of the potential role of complementary pathways, which can provide access to safety through other m…
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The day the Taliban overtook Kabul: An interview with Ahmad Shuja Jamal
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As Shuja Jamal walked to the Presidential Palace in Kabul for work at 8.30am on 15 August 2021, ‘it was clear that this is unlike any other day … something in the air in the city ... You can actually feel it.’ Shuja is the former director-general for international relations for Afghanistan’s National Security Council, and his new book is 'The Decli…
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Réponses régionales à la mobilité climatique : lancement de Climate Mobility Africa Insights
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Rejoignez des chercheurs de premier plan sur la mobilité climatique en Afrique alors qu’ils discutent du lancement de la nouvelle série de publications Climate Mobility Africa Insights. Développé et publié par le Climate Mobility Africa Research Network (CMARN), avec le généreux soutien de la Robert Bosch Stiftung et du Kaldor Centre for Internatio…
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Regional responses to climate mobility: launch of Climate Mobility Africa 'Insights'
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Join leading researchers on climate mobility in Africa as they discuss they launch of the new Climate Mobility Africa Insights publication series. Developed and published by the Climate Mobility Africa Research Network (CMARN), with the generous support of Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, Insights aims to a…
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Courts, Channel crossings and the Rwanda plan: A conversation about UK asylum policy
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In June 2023, as the last refugee in Nauru was flown back to Australia, the United Kingdom's attempts to introduce an Australian-style offshore processing policy were dealt a blow in the UK courts. The UK had tried to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda to have their claims for protection processed there. The British policy reflects that which Austra…
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Bhutan to Blacktown - And Beyond: A Conversation About Refugee Leadership in Australia
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Forced to flee Bhutan as a refugee, Om Dhungel is today an award-winning community leader in Western Sydney and a debut author, whose new book is described by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as simply ‘a great Australian story’. This special panel event was held on 18 May 2023, with Om Dhungel and CEO of Settlement Services International (SSI) Viol…
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Asylum and Extraction in The Republic of Nauru
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Scientia Professor Jane McAdam AO talks to Julia Morris about her new book, 'Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru' on 23 February 2023. This book provides an extraordinary glimpse into Nauru’s offshore processing arrangement and its impact on islanders, workforces, and migrant populations. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Nauru, Australi…
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Creative resistance: Behrouz Boochani and friends on fighting a dehumanising system
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UNSW’s Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law and Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) co-hosted a discussion held on 9 February 2023 with Behrouz Boochani, as he concluded his first visit to Australia. The discussion explored Behrouz’s complicated path to freedom, and the role of courage, collaboration and creativity in challenging a de…
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Secrecy somewhere else: Accountability for the ‘externalised’ treatment of refugees
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A panel event recording from the 2022 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Turning points: New directions in refugee protection' held on 17 November 2022.As asylum processes are shifted offshore, how can governments be held accountable for the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers beyond their borders?Join Behrouz Boochani (Author and journalist); Itamar …
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A better conversation: Changing the public discourse about refugees
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A panel event recording from the 2022 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Turning points: New directions in refugee protection' held on 17 November 2022.How can we create a more constructive public conversation about refugees?Join Barat Ali Batoor (Photojournalist); Tom Hashemi (Cast from Clay); Amanda Ripley (Journalist and author); and Chair: Lauren Marti…
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Is Ukraine a turning point for people seeking safety?
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A panel event recording from the 2022 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Turning points: New directions in refugee protection' held on 16 November 2022. Does the Global North’s response to people fleeing Ukraine signal a renewed commitment to international protection, or a turn towards more geographically proximate and time-bound responses?Join Arif Hussei…
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Catalysing meaningful refugee participation: Next steps and ongoing challenges
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A panel event recording from the 2022 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Turning points: New directions in refugee protection' held on 16 November 2022. What practical actions can advance the meaningful participation of refugees in representative decision-making?Join Mustafa Alio (R-SEAT); Sana Ali Mustafa (Asylum Access); Najeeba Wazefadost (Asia Pacific …
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COVID-19’s lasting effects on refugee protection
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Recording from the opening panel event at the 2022 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Turning points: New directions in refugee protection' held on 15 November 2022.How has COVID-19 transformed access to protection, assistance and the lives of those already living in precarious situations – for better and for worse?Join Adrian Edwards (UNHCR Australia, New…
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Kaldor Centre Conference 2022, opening address by Kaldor Centre Director, Jane McAdam AO
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Kaldor Centre Director, Scientia Professor Jane McAdam AO, delivers the opening keynote address entitled, 'Turning points in international protection: onwards and upwards, or u-turns and roundabouts?' at the 2022 Kaldor Centre Conference held on 15 November 2022 and reflects on the major disruptive events we have faced in recent times, and their im…
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The Power To Welcome: Supporting Refugee Students in our Midst
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Students who have experienced displacement share their experience of university life and tips on how others can show support and solidarity. This free Diversity Fest 2022 event at UNSW Sydney was hosted by the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law on 27 October 2022.By UNSW Kaldor Centre
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World Refugee Day with the Refugee Advice and Casework Service and the Kaldor Centre
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Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) Centre Director, Sarah Dale, and Kaldor Centre Deputy Director, Daniel Ghezelbash, in a conversation about the issues currently facing refugees in Australia. This is a recording of a seminar held on World Refugee Day 20 June 2022.By UNSW Kaldor Centre
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Accounting for Australia’s refugee policy – from the Tampa to tomorrow
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A livestream panel event held on 24 May 2022 in the wake of the Australian federal election. Author and journalist David Marr leads a discussion about Australia’s refugee policy, with Kaldor Centre Director Jane McAdam AO, author Abbas Nazari, and Guardian Australia journalist Ben Doherty.Abbas Nazari's memoir, 'After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to…
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Guy S. Goodwin-Gill on the response to Ukraine’s refugees
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As war rages in Ukraine, Europe and other countries are taking unusually quick action to support the millions of civilians fleeing their now-threatened homes. UNSW Kaldor Centre Honorary Professor Guy S Goodwin-Gill has been a leading voice on refugee issues since the first edition of his book, 'The Refugee in International Law', now in its Fourth …
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Does the data on climate and disaster displacement add up?
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A Kaldor Centre Virtual Conference 2021 key panel session held on 20 October 2021. What do we know, how do we know it, and what more do we need to know to inform policies on climate change, disasters and mobility? When the issues are as contested as climate and migration, a key challenge is simply agreeing on transparent, credible, actionable data.…
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Should I stay or should I go? Planned relocations
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A Kaldor Centre Virtual Conference 2021 key panel session held on 21 October 2021. Sometimes the impacts of disasters and climate change mean that whole areas may become unsafe to live in. Communities may be faced with the prospect of relocation. But who decides – to move at all, and if so, where? Planned relocations traverse a complicated cultural…
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Moving beyond ‘climate refugees’: Readying law and practice for displacement in a warming world
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A Kaldor Centre Virtual Conference key panel session held on 19 October 2021. When people are on the move from the impacts of disasters or climate change, how does the law help or hinder them? Is refugee law useful? Human rights law? Migration law? What about regional free movement agreements? How is individual agency enhanced or eroded by legal fr…
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Refugee status determination: Law and practice
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This event was held on 9 November 2021, to launch the fourth edition of 'The Refugee in International Law', by Guy S Goodwin-Gill and Jane McAdam(together with Emma Dunlop). In this podcast, Guy S Goodwin-Gill and Emma Dunlop discuss the practice of refugee law today, in a discussion with Arif Hussein of the Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RAC…
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Today's truths: What decision-makers need to know about human mobility and climate change
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This opening panel at the Kaldor Centre Virtual Conference 2021: 'Whose move? Addressing migration and displacement in the face of climate change', was held on Tuesday 19 October, 2021. In this panel, experts set out the key questions and principles that should guide responses to mobility in the face of climate change. Hear from Rabab Fatima, Ambas…
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Litigating climate change displacement: Cutting-edge cases and decisions
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A Kaldor Centre Conference 2021: 'Whose move? Addressing migration and displacement in the face of climate change', panel session held on 20 October 2021 AEDT. People fleeing disasters and the impacts of climate change often enter an unmapped legal landscape. Faced with legal gaps or overlaps, courts today are considering how laws may be shaped to …
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Displacement and the Academy: Emerging scholars with lived experience talk shop
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A vital, virtual discussion about the principles and practice of academic research, led by emerging scholars with lived experience of displacement. This panel event was hosted by the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law and the Forced Migration Research Network at UNSW, and UNHCR’s Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network, on 7 October 2021…
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To Glasgow and beyond: Building support for people moving away from climate change
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A Kaldor Centre Virtual Conference closing panel session held on 21 October 2021. 'How can we build support for people at risk of climate and disaster displacement, at COP26 and beyond?' Speakers: Nisreen Elsaim, UN Secretary General's Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change; Alex Randall, Climate and Migration Coalition; Koko Warner, UN Climate Cha…
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'The Refugee in International Law': Then and Now
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This is the first of two launch events to celebrate the release of the fourth edition of 'The Refugee in International Law' by the Kaldor Centre's Guy S Goodwin-Gill and Jane McAdam (together with Emma Dunlop). On 29 September 2021, authors Guy S Goodwin-Gill and Jane McAdam AO reflected on the many issues confronting the global protection regime a…
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Introducing: Leaving Place, Restoring Home
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The Kaldor Centre's Lauren Martin talks to co-authors and Kaldor Centre affiliates, Erica Bower and Sanjula Weerasinghe about their latest report 'Leaving Place Restoring Home: Enhancing the Evidence Base on Planned Relocation Cases in the context of Hazards, Disasters, and Climate Change'.As hazards, disasters and climate change profoundly affect …
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Cruel, costly and ineffective: the failure of offshore processing in Australia
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Australia’s multi-billion-dollar offshore processing system has demonstrably failed to stop boats, save lives or break the business model of people smugglers, according to a new policy brief from UNSW’s Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law. Released at a pivotal moment when the policy is drawing political interest elsewhere as an ‘Australian…
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The decade ahead: Defending protection and people on the move
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Think through the big issues in global displacement in the decade ahead with our panel of experts. A virtual panel session held on 17 November 2020 at the Kaldor Centre Conference 2020. Louise Aubin (UNHCR)Rez Gardi (Harvard Satter Human Rights Fellow)Cecilia Jimenez-Damary (UN Special Rapporteur, Human Rights of IDPs)Kathleen Newland (Migration Po…
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Courts at the frontier: Can strategic litigation in Australia advance refugee protection?
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Australian lawyers reflect from the frontlines on the effectiveness and potential of strategic refugee litigation in this virtual panel session held at the Kaldor Centre Conference 2020 on 19 November 2020.Hear from our expert panel:Matthew Albert (Dever's List, Castan Chambers)Scott Cosgriff (Human Rights Law Centre)Arif Hussein (Refugee Advice an…
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On racism and refugees: A conversation with E Tendayi Achiume and Nyadol Nyuon
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How do racism and displacement intersect, and is the protection regime part of the problem or the solution? Hear E Tendayi Achiume (UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia & Related Intolerance)and Nyadol Nyuon(Lawyer, community advocate and writer)in conversation at the closing session of the Kaldor Centre Conference 202…
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Protection 360: Surveying refugee challenges across the regions
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Join experts from around the globe to discuss emerging and future regional challenges to refugee protection. This panel session was recorded on 18 November at the Kaldor Centre Virtual Conference 2020.Panel featuring: Maria Bances del Rey (UNHCR Americas Bureau), Cathryn Costello (Hertie School), Oroub El-Abed (Centre for Lebanese Studies), Ottilia…
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Hope or hype? Hacking through the role of technology in refugee protection
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Go beyond the buzzwords to explore the promise and pitfalls of technology for refugee protection. This panel discussion was recorded on 18 November at the Kaldor Centre Virtual Conference 2020.Panel featuring: Tey El-Rjula (Author and tech entrepreneur, Fleur Johns (UNSW Sydney, Law & Justice), Petra Molnar (Refugee Law Laboratory)and Roya Pakzad (…
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'The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law' Book Launch Event on 25 May 2021
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Hosted by the Refugee Studies Centre (University of Oxford); Centre for Fundamental Rights (Hertie School, Berlin); Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness (University of Melbourne), and the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law (UNSW Sydney), 'The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law' is a groundbreaking new book which critiques the s…
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'Temporary' Episode 8: Left behind in a global pandemic
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The pandemic put us all in limbo. For the first time, many Australians understood what it means to be stranded, unable to cross borders, separated from the people you love. When our government said we were ‘all in this together’ – what happened to the refugees in 'Temporary'? And what’s ahead for them? Sisonke Msimang interviews Sarah Dale, Directo…
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Re-examining displacement in the context of disasters and climate change: A Pacific perspective
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This panel problematises and critiques the notion of ‘displacement’ in the context of disasters and climate change. While the threat posed by climate change is real, its manifestations are not as straightforward as we might think. For instance, the idea that rising sea levels will displace millions of people and create ‘climate refugees’ is a popul…
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Kaldor Centre Senior Research Associate Dr Sangeetha Pillai speaks with ABC Radio Darwin presenter Liz Trevaskis about the refugees that have spent a year in hotel detention in Darwin while awaiting medical treatment. Originally aired 3 February 2021: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/darwin/programs/drive/drive/13097212…
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'Temporary' Episode 7: Does Australia’s asylum seeker policy actually work?
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In part 7 of Temporary, we meet Hani. Back in 2013, with Operation Sovereign Borders, the Australian government launched an outright war on asylum seekers, condemning 30,000 people seeking safety to mandatory detention and temporary protection, leaving thousands of people like Hani, a young poet from Somalia, caught in the middle. Years after the h…
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'Temporary' Episode 6: Stuck in an endless loop
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One family. All devout pacifists, they all fled the same dangers and all of them are recognised refugees in Australia. The mother and children were resettled from overseas and now have permanent protection. But their father arrived by boat. He lives in anxious uncertainty, enduring an opaque reapplication process that could result in his being torn…
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'Temporary' Episode 4: A lifetime locked in detention
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The average time asylum seekers spend in Australian immigration detention is 564 days. Some people have been held for more than a decade. Kumar shares his story of indefinite detention, locked up for years without committing a crime.Produced with UNSW Centre for Ideas and Guardian Australia, hosted by Sisonke Msimang. Visit the full 'Temporary' pro…
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'Temporary' Episode 5: When the answer is no
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Listen to Arman share with host Sisonke Msimang how he came to understand that, when you're seeking asylum in Australia, there are no safety nets.Visit the full 'Temporary' project at https://temporary.kaldorcentre.net/By UNSW Kaldor Centre
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