Jane McAdam

Kaldor Centre calls for new visa to protect people in humanitarian emergencies Kaldor Centre calls for new visa to protect people in humanitarian emergencies. A new emergency visa would streamline ad hoc, inefficient and distressing processes, new policy brief shows.

www.unsw.edu.au/news/2024/09...

Burke seeks expanded powers to reject temporary visas amid Middle East conflict Opposition and crossbench MPs have been briefed on proposed legislation that would allow the government to block temporary visa holders from travelling to Australia for six months.

As we explain in our 2024 @kaldorcentre.bsky.social Policy Brief (linked in next post), this is precisely the opposite of what's needed in a humanitarian emergency www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

In a new post on our NIPA +10 blog, Shana Tabak explores what the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on climate change means for climate mobility, including displacement, migration and efforts to help communities safely remain in their homes climatemobility.unsw.edu.au/icj-advisory...

Iran’s brave players have stood tall. Now Australia must stand with them Both Australia and the Asian Football Confederation are being tested, not just on the pitch, but on whether they will protect the basic rights of athletes who have already shown immense courage.

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Australian citizens in Iran and Israel are desperate to leave. Is the government required to help? While the Australian government has frequently helped its citizens flee crises overseas, it is not legally obligated to do so. And repatriating citizens is complex.

Australian citizens stranded in the Middle East are desperate to leave. Is the government required to help? We canvassed this issue last year - and what we wrote then still applies. theconversation.com/australian-c...

New fully-funded scholarship for graduate students with lived experience of forced displacement A new scholarship will open up the opportunity for more scholars from displaced backgrounds to undertake research at the Refugee Studies Centre.

New fully-funded scholarship at Oxford University for graduate students with lived experience of forced displacement www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/new-ful...

Australia, don’t demonise immigrants. Just thank them The contribution of immigration to this country is not just positive, it is formative. Migrants are who we are.

‘Immigration is Australia’s great economic strength … Migrants are more skilled than those born in Australia, more likely to work full-time, and they pay more in tax than they take in services and transfers over their lifetimes.’ www.smh.com.au/national/aus...

Coalition proposal on ISIS brides slammed, as Labor MPs grow frustrated with Albanese Liberal leader Angus Taylor spent the first week of his tenure talking about the group in Syria to make his case that Australia must “shut the door”.

UN special rapporteur on human rights & counter-terrorism, Prof Ben Saul, says the Coalition’s proposal to make it illegal to assist Australian families in Syria to repatriate “just seems to make no sense at all” www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Racist rhetoric is warping the Liberal party’s moral compass. We are destined to fail unless we govern for all | Andrew McLachlan We cannot give in to those questioning the value of multiculturalism and a society that cherishes diversity

‘Community leaders must lead public opinion not just follow and adopt what is popular. It is incumbent on leaders to strongly and unequivocally condemn racist rhetoric.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Hope in Tuvalu's climate change response: Falepili to Digital Nation - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre Digital Nation preserves Tuvaluan culture and represents proactive resilience rather than retreat.

Hope in Tuvalu’s climate change response: Falepili to Digital Nation devpolicy.org/hope-in-tuva...

Why Australia needs a plan to repatriate citizens detained in Syria Australia’s refusal to repatriate 34 women and children detained in Syria’s al-Roj camp raises serious human rights concerns.

In our latest article in @womensagenda.bsky.social, Thomas Mulder and I explain why Australia needs a plan to repatriate citizens detained in Syria and what international law requires womensagenda.com.au/latest/why-a...

New blog out now by @ericarosebower.bsky.social on planned relocations in the context of climate change and disasters - what’s been achieved in the last decade and what still needs to be done climatemobility.unsw.edu.au/planned_relo...

Resolving Climate-Related Internal Displacement at a Time of Crisis - Researching Internal Displacement This timely article by one of the world's leading experts on internal displacement highlights the growing crisis of climate-related internal displacement, which is unfolding against the backdrop of dr...

‘We know what to do, but achievements are at risk of being undone’, writes Walter Kaelin on the pressing issue of protracted internal displacement in the context of climate change and disasters researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...

International Journal of Refugee Law – Call for Special Issue Proposals Deadline for submission: 4th May 2026   The International Journal of Refugee Law is pleased to announce a Call for proposed Special Issues. Proposals for

International Journal of Refugee Law – Call for Special Issue Proposals. Deadline for submission: 4th May 2026 academic.oup.com/ijrl/pages/i...

Bridging the gap between principle and practice: the ‘right to asylum’ under Article 18 EU Charter and its implications for the EU Resettlement Regulation Abstract. This article examines the ‘right to asylum’ guaranteed under Article 18 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (EU Charter) and its correspondin

Congratulations to Dr Riona Moodley @kaldorcentre.bsky.social for her new article 'Bridging the gap between principle and practice: the "right to asylum" under Article 18 EU Charter and its implications for the EU Resettlement Regulation' academic.oup.com/ijrl/advance...

Great new blog post explaining how international and domestic law is adapting to the growing challenge of climate-related displacement - by NZ Immigration and Protection Tribunal senior member, Bruce Burson climatemobility.unsw.edu.au/blog/bruce-b...

I'm pleased that my new article with Thomas Mulder is now out: 'A Last Resort? Reframing Evacuations as an Anticipatory Disaster Risk Management Strategy' - read it here! brill.com/view/journal...

More Ideas and Less CV? Various EJIL editorials have highlighted some of the dangers to the integrity of academic life of excessive reliance on quantitative indicators in assessing the excellence or otherwise of scholars in ...

'"Productivity" measured by the number of articles published puts immense pressure on authors, with the risk of sacrificing quality for quantity', writes Prof Sarah Nouwen @eui-law.bsky.social www.ejiltalk.org/more-ideas-a...

Waiting for academia: The impact of research on UNHCR policy, programmes and practice UNHCR has always had close connections with the academic world. Jeff Crisp explains why those linkages have had a limited influence on the organisation’s operations and asks whether current developmen...

To what extent does refugee research by academics have a substantive impact on UNHCR’s work? A frank assessment by @jfcrisp.bsky.social www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/blog/waiting...

Applications now open for the 2026 CAPRS Non-Residential Fellowship which supports research on forced displacement in the Asia-Pacific, offering $12,500 NZD to support dissemination and impact.
🗓️ Applications close 9 Feb 2026
👉 Find out more & apply: www.caprs.auckland.ac.nz/non-resident...

Withdrawal from Wasteful, Ineffective, or Harmful International Organizations - United States Department of State Today, in furtherance of Executive Order 14199, President Trump announced the withdrawal of the United States from 66 international organizations identified as part of the Trump Administration’s revie...

It is very disappointing to see the US’ withdrawal from 66 international bodies - full list embedded below www.state.gov/releases/off...

Protection Of Disaster Displaced Persons Discussed At Global Refugee Forum Progress Review 2025 - Platform on Disaster Displacement Geneva, 15 December – A Linked Event to the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review 2025 commemorates 10 years of the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda and refle

We @kaldorcentre.bsky.social were proud to co-host a Linked Event to the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review commemorating 10 years of the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda for people displaced across borders in the context of disasters & climate change disasterdisplacement.org/news-events/...

Our summer selection: Stories worth sharing Discover your next great read, listen, or watch in these picks from the Kaldor Centre team.

Our recommendations @kaldorcentre.bsky.social for your summer reading, listening and watching www.unsw.edu.au/news/2025/12...

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I'm pleased to share my latest article on 'Displacement in the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on Climate Change' - available free here journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Disaster- and climate-related human mobility in the Americas Disaster- and climate-related human mobility in the Americas: A decade of progress since the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda

We are pleased to share the latest Nansen Initiative +10 blog on 'Disaster- and climate-related human mobility in the Americas: A decade of progress since the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda' @unhcr.org climatemobility.unsw.edu.au/blog/americas/

Home Affairs Minister says Australian government has a special team ready to rapidly process visitor visas for relatives of those directly impacted by yesterday’s attack in Bondi

Now is a time for care and compassion, not racism and retribution #bondibeach

Former Iraqi President Barham Salih to lead UN refugee agency Barham Salih, a former Iraqi president who fled persecution under Saddam Hussein, has been appointed the next U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, breaking the tradition of selecting leaders mainly fr...

Former Iraqi President Barham Salih to lead UN refugee agency www.reuters.com/world/middle...

UNHCR at 75: Why the world still needs the UN refugee agency OPINION | Governments must ensure the UNHCR has all of the resources it needs to sustain its life-saving work.

UNHCR at 75: I explain why the world still needs the UN refugee agency www.themandarin.com.au/304884-unhcr...

Making the triple win of Pacific labour mobility sustainable - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre Labour mobility brings real economic and social gains, alongside social impacts on families and communities, according to the second Pacific Labour Mobility Survey.

Consultations in Fiji, Vanuatu and Tonga confirm that labour mobility brings real economic and social gains, but there are also trade-offs in terms of the social impacts associated with migrant workers’ extended periods of absence. devpolicy.org/making-the-t...