Kiribati’s initial Pacific Engagement Visa progress: quick wins amid systemic hurdles devpolicy.org/kiribatis-in...

What Impact for the ICJ’s Ambitious Climate Case in an Era of Climate Backslide? carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

In our new blog, Thomas Mulder and I argue that the Pacific can show leadership by ensuring that a new treaty refers to displacement in the context of disasters devpolicy.org/pacific-need...

UNSW is pleased to offer scholarships for asylum seekers and refugees students commencing in term 3 this year - including for temporary visa holders. Scholarships include tuition, accommodation support up to $25,000 and a stipend. www.scholarships.unsw.edu.au/scholarships...

I was so sad to hear this morning's news about James Valentine. He was such a witty, funny and uplifting radio presenter and I loved his show. One of my first media interviews was with James on 'treaties' - a topic that only he could make entertaining. www.smh.com.au/national/wit...

My fellow NSW Settlement Advisory Council member, Nick Greiner, says the “sensible centre” in politics needs a migration policy that reflects multicultural Australia “because it seems to be completely freaking obvious that we’ve got a country that is a migrant country” www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

'From Gaza to Lebanon: Forcible Displacement Dressed in Humanitarian Garb' www.ejiltalk.org/from-gaza-to...

States in the Americas have developed important practices to support people displaced in the context of climate and disasters. As @fnlux.com argues in a new Nansen Initiative +10 blog post, the key question now is whether States are legally required to act climatemobility.unsw.edu.au/felipe-navar...

States are currently negotiating the first-ever global treaty to protect people affected by disasters. But there is a significant omission: disaster-related displacement. In this blog, Thomas Mulder and I explain how, and why, it should be added. researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...

Congratulations to my wonderful colleague Dr Thomas Mulder from the Evacuations Research Hub @kaldorcentre.bsky.social on winning the prestigious 2026 Alice Edwards Breakthrough Researcher Award! www.unsw.edu.au/news/2026/04...

Where’s the evidence-based policy? This latest announcement is purely ideological, leaning into the slippery notion of ‘values’ www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

The Evacuations Research Hub @kaldorcentre.bsky.social at UNSW Law & Justice is excited to offer two PhD scholarships in law to examine the role of evacuations in different contexts. Applications due 18 May 2026; details here: www.unsw.edu.au/law-justice/...

An Israeli airstrike hit here in Lebanon. This is what remains. Homes destroyed. Lives shattered. Civilians are not a target. They must be protected.

There is a key missing element in the draft treaty on disaster protection: #Displacement. In a recent briefing, @profjmcadam.bsky.social highlighted this critical gap and called for explicit recognition of displacement in the final text. #Treaty #PPED @ifrc.org www.unsw.edu.au/news/2026/03...

Iranian tourists barred from Australia for six months, in first use of new emergency laws www.smh.com.au/world/middle...

My article on 'Displacement in the ICJ's Advisory Opinion on Climate Change' has now been published in Environmental Policy and Law - free access here journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

The Evacuations Research Hub @kaldorcentre.bsky.social at UNSW Law & Justice is excited to offer two PhD scholarships in law to examine the role of evacuations in different contexts. Applications due 18 May 2026; details here: www.unsw.edu.au/law-justice/...

How the law of naval warfare applies to the Strait of Hormuz - great explainer by my colleague Prof Natalie Klein theconversation.com/how-the-law-...

America Is Turning Away People Fleeing for Their Lives — and Breaking the Law to Do It at www.justsecurity.org/134105/ameri...

‘The soccer saga shows the life-changing nature of ministerial interventions – provided the politics are in favour. If they’re not, refugees are left to fight for their cause away from the public eye and the blaze of positive headlines.’ www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

‘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...