‘Australia cannot protect everyone at risk in Iran – but no one is suggesting that’s our role. What we can do is provide at least temporary respite to people who’ve already been approved to work, study or visit family or friends here’, I write with Regina Jefferies open.substack.com/pub/cheekmed...

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...

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

‘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...

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...

‘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.org/hope-in-tuva...

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...

‘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 academic.oup.com/ijrl/pages/i...

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...

'"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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 www.reuters.com/world/middle...

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

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...

Since its creation on 14 Dec 1950, UNHCR has protected millions of refugees and others forced to flee. We @kaldorcentre.bsky.social urge global solidarity in enabling @unhcr.org to continue its vital work. Read our full statement with @refugeecouncilau.bsky.social: www.unsw.edu.au/news/2025/12...

Have you been following our new blog series celebrating 10 years of the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda for people displaced in the context of disasters and climate change? climatemobility.unsw.edu.au/blog/

10 years ago, 109 governments endorsed the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda on disaster displacement. In this podcast, Prof Walter Kaelin - Envoy of the Chair of the Platform on Disaster Displacement - and I reflect on that time and what's happened since climatemobility.unsw.edu.au/blog/podcast/

The latest post in our new Nansen Initiative +10 blog is out now! It's about how regional frameworks can drive real change for those most at risk of displacement in the context of climate change, written by @iom.int climatemobility.unsw.edu.au/blog/iom/

The UK’s new 20-year temporary protection policy for #refugees, with rolling 30-month reviews, is inefficient, costly, unsustainable and cruel. Australia’s experience shows why the approach is so misguided www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/...

I am honoured to have been appointed today to the inaugural NSW Settlement Advisory Council, which will provide advice to the NSW Minister for Multiculturalism and Multicultural NSW on refugee settlement policy in the state multicultural.nsw.gov.au/media-releas...

Today @kaldorcentre.bsky.social, Platform on Disaster Displacement & @unhcr.org launch Nansen Initiative +10 - a new blog reflecting on a decade of the Nansen Initiative’s Protection Agenda. Explore how disaster displacement policy has evolved, and what’s next. climatemobility.unsw.edu.au/blog

2026 Refugee Law and International Journal of Refugee Law: Online Workshop for Prospective Authors. Details here: academic-oup-com.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/ijrl/pages/a...

Any day now, Australia will welcome its millionth refugee since WWII. This is a moment to celebrate – but also to lead by example by demanding more humane policies for those continuing to seek asylum. Read how in this new piece by me and Daniel Ghezelbash theconversation.com/as-australia...

New issue of Forced Migration Review out now on climate change and displacement: 'responses to climate displacement must be proactive, rights-based, and human-centered, moving beyond reactive measures' www.fmreview.org/climate-choi...

Call for Abstracts for a Special Collection of policy briefs on climate mobility in Africa, to be published in 2026 in celebration of the 5th anniversary of the Climate Mobility Africa Research Network www.cmarnetwork.com/call-for-abs...

Our latest blog is out! Thanks to @rid-networks.bsky.social for publishing our reflections on disaster displacement from Hurricane Melissa.

This is an excellent overview of developments on planned relocations in the context of disasters and climate change over the last decade by Elizabeth Ferris, Erica Bower and Sanjula Weerasinghe (and brings back lots of memories!) researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...

' ... the problem is not refugee law, it is the cynical, timeworn deployment of xenophobic and racist rhetoric to create fear and undermine democratic institutions' writes Kate Jastram @cgrsasylum.bsky.social in response to recent 'reform' proposals cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/our-work/...

'States have a shared responsibility to protect those fleeing for their lives. Sovereignty and the right to seek asylum are not incompatible. They are complementary.' Read the full speech by UN High Commissioner for Refugees here @unhcr.org www.unhcr.org/news/speeche...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Nuclear Law - fantastic new 3-yr opportunity to work at UNSW Law and Justice & Nuclear Innovation Centre to conduct research and build capacity on nuclear law at UNSW external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...

As Pacific leaders meet ⁦‪@ForumSEC‬⁩ this week to discuss the impacts of climate change, the proposed Treaty on the Protection of Persons in the event of Disasters is pertinent to discussions. ⁦Thomas Mulder and I explain why. www.ejiltalk.org/foregroundin...

As Pacific leaders meet ⁦‪@ForumSEC‬⁩ this week to discuss the impacts of climate change, the proposed Treaty on the Protection of Persons in the event of Disasters is pertinent to discussions. ⁦Thomas Mulder and I explain why. www.ejiltalk.org/foregroundin...

See our amazing speaker lineup for the 2025 Kaldor Centre Conference - and register now! conference.unsw.edu.au/en/2025-kald...

‘Australia’s immigration crisis isn’t about numbers – it’s about misinformation’ www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...