Refugee Law Initiative
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The RLI is the only academic centre in the UK focusing specifically on international refugee law | Home of the Refugee Law Clinic | Part of the School of Advanced Study, University of London
#blogseries 'Towards effective realisation of refugee rights in Northern Ireland: reflections on the role of a university migration policy clinic in a unique local setting' by Gillian Kane and Laura Hyde rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/07/14/t... #northernireland #refugeerights
#TestimonialSeries Over the next couple of weeks we'll share testimonials from our newly graduated Alumni of the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies. Today's testimony: Alumnus Vlora Shemsedini. Apply & scholarships: www.london.ac.uk/study/course... #forcedmigration #scholarship
Bursaries offer 10% for employees of UNHCR, Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), and for PHAP members. Submit your programme application to the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies by 15 July 2026. Find out more: www.london.ac.uk/refugee-protection
New on the #RLIBlog 'Australia’s long history of externalisation' by Charlotte Stump Available here: rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/06/23/a... #australia #externalisation #pacificsolution #nauru
New on the #RLIBlog 'Deferring Accountability, Not Obligation: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Non-Refoulement in Asylum' by Bhavya Johari. Available to read here: rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/06/22/d... #nonrefoulement #AI #asylum
Our Refugee Law Clinic has recently released its Annual Report. This report demonstrates the impact its work has had for Fresh Claim Asylum Seekers in the UK. Available to read here: rli.sas.ac.uk/research/ref... Congratulations to our staff and volunteers for all the work they have done.
New Working Paper 👉 'Intersecting Regimes: The Convergence of International Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, and International Refugee Law' authored by Oriola Oyewole. sas-space.sas.ac.uk/10374/ #InternationalHumanRightsLaw #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #InternationalRefugeeLaw
Join our webinar on the Refugee Law Initiative’s distance-learning MA in Refugee Protection & Forced Migration. 📅Thu 18 June 2026, 2–3pm (UK) We'll cover MA modules, distance/part time study, career paths and bursaries for UNHCR, NRC, DRC & PHAP staff. Live Q&A. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
New on the #RLIBlog 'From territorial to transnational asylum: new directions in the quest for refugee protection' by Jeff Crisp. Available to read here 👉 rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/06/09/f... #refugeeprotection #internationalrefugeeregime #transnationalasylum
An insightful #RLIblog contribution authored by Dilahan Bice Kurtoğlu: "Proceed with Caution: Legal Counselling in the New EU Migration and Asylum Pact and Notes from the Greek Experience" Available to read here: rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/10/08/p... #EUMigration #RefugeeLaw #Greece #AsylumPact
Join us on 18 June 2026 from 2pm-3pm (UK time), to hear about our Postgraduate Studies in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies. The webinar includes a live Q&A session with Dr Nicholas Maple. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #HumanRights #HumanRightsLaw #Law #PostgraduateStudy
#NewBlog 'Who Sees Displaced Women? Gender-Based Violence, Forced Displacement and Protection Politics in Central Africa' by Habmo Birwe. rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/06/02/w... #ForcedDisplacement #CentralAfrica #Genderbasedviolence
#NewBlog 'When Climate Change Still Matters in Asylum Law: Lessons from United States and Italian Case Law' by Adeodata Kanyamihanda and Ishita. Available to read here: rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/05/18/w... #AsylumLaw #ClimateChange #USAsylumLaw #ItalianCaseLaw
Today in Geneva, David Cantor joined the launch of the CHH–Lancet Commission report, Health in a World of Crises and Impunity. Read the Report Here: healthconflictcommission.org/the-report #CHHLancetCommission #HumanitarianHealth
The #RLI is delighted to welcome Dr Angus Francis as our newest Research Fellow. Read more about him here: lnkd.in/eJvjxgYc #AsylumSystems #VisitingFellow
Free chapter from the new Oxford University Press Handbook on Internal Displacement available until 14 June. This 70-author volume examines causes, impacts and responses essential for students, researchers and practitioners. Access and share. #InternalDisplacement academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
New Working Paper 'Downward Refugee-Led Accountability: Rethinking Humanitarian Governance by studying the Syrian Cross-Border Response' by Kenda Hamame Shaherhawasli. Read here: rli.sas.ac.uk/resources/rl... #SyriaResponse #Refugees
Pleased to announce the Oxford University Press Handbook on Internal Displacement has recently been published. Essential for academics, practitioners, professors and students with rigorous theory and practice. #InternalDisplacement #Humanitarian
LAST DAY TO BOOK EARLY BIRD RATES! Use your country expertise to help inform asylum decisions - Train as an expert witness for asylum cases - book by 15 June Expert Witness Training Day, 22 June 2026, the University of London. rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho... #AsylumClaims #Refugees
Congratulations to all of our students graduating this week! #UoLGrad2026 #RefugeeProtection @uolondon.bsky.social
New on the #RLIBlog 'Leave to Remain for “Climate Refugees”: UK Human Rights Appeal Granted on Climate Change Grounds' by Andrea Maria Pelliconi, Gamal Basha, and Sourina Bej. rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/04/21/l... #climaterefugees #asylumseekers #ukrefugees
#NewBlog 'Can Smugglers Be Rescuers?' A blog piece by Maria Cullen and Jacues Cavin. Available here: rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/04/21/c... #PeopleSmugglers #ForcedMigration #BoatRefugees #Refugees
#NewBlog 'Sinking Sovereignty: The Legal Vacuum for Climate-Displaced Populations in the South Pacific and Bangladesh' by Radia Nowsin Available here: rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/04/15/s... #Bangladesh #ClimateRefugees #ClimateDisplacement #Displacement #Statelessness
#NewBlog 'When Warnings Displace: Evacuation Orders, Civilian Protection, and the Right to Remain in Lebanon' by Hucen Sleiman Available to read here: rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/04/14/w... #Lebanon #Displacement #HumanitarianLaw #Strikes
📢 Call for Abstracts📢 Early Career Writing and Publishing in Displacement Studies Workshop on 16 September 2026 at @sas-news.bsky.social Please submit an abstract to RLI@sas.ac.uk by 26 May 2026. rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho... #EarlyCareerResearchers #WritingWorkshop #RefugeeProtection
#NewBlog 'Land, Life, and the Long Walk Home: The Case of Guatemala’s Maya Returnees' by Samin Huq Available to read here: rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/04/08/l... #Guatemala #ForcedMigration #Repatriation #Refugees
#NewBlog "The sea does not discriminate, but what happens on land does" by Gerhard Hoffstaedter and Agustia Rahmi Available here: rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/03/24/t... #RefugeeProtection #RohingyaCrisis #HumanitarianResponse #DisabilityInclusion #ChildProtection #MigrationPolicy
New on the #RLI podcast 👉 Is #AI a future panacea or problem for refugee law? On 18 March, we hosted a seminar on artificial intelligence and whether it has the potential to improve efficiency and accuracy in workflows in relation to #refugeelaw. Listen here: rli.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#NewBlog "Labour mobility programmes for refugees: origins, benefits and limitations" by Jeff Crisp Available here: rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/03/23/l... #RefugeeProtection #LabourMobility #MigrationPolicy #DurableSolutions @jfcrisp.bsky.social
Use your country expertise to help inform asylum decisions - Train as an expert witness for asylum cases Register by 15 June for the next Expert Witness Training Day on 22 June in-person at the University of London. Early bird prices if you book before 30 April! rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho...