Very interesting to think about access to justice based on gaps in understanding/awareness, implementation, and power. Also helpful to look at this through the perspective of a specific case study. Thank you

RSC Seminar, 27 November 2024
RSC Public Seminar Series, Michaelmas term 2024
Speakers: Professor Dawn Chatty (Refugee Studies Centre) and Professor Annika Rabo (Stockholm University) 

This seminar presents very preliminary and partial findings from an ongoing British Academy-funded study to examine the impulses which led so many to volunteer their time and energy to welcome and make Syrians and other refugees feel ‘at home’ upon arrival in the United Kingdom and Sweden. Rather than focus on the suffering of Syrians and other displaced people seeking safety (Chatty, 2018; Rabo et al, 2021; Beck, 2021; Cantat, 2021), it turns to interrogate the motivations which drove so many citizens and residents to step forward and be generous to those in need (Chatty, 2017). In the UK there was little media sympathy for such hospitality whereas in Sweden media was generally very supportive. These two study sites offer an opportunity to study volunteering to come to the aid of Syrians in both a relatively hostile policy environment and a sympathetic one.

Anthropology of Good: Exploring Volunteerism in the 2015 European Refugee Crisis

RSC Public Seminar Series, Trinity term 2025
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Speakers: Emily Arnold-Fernández (Refugee Law Initiative, University of London, and Forced Migration Review); Yusra Herzi (PILnet)

Refugees at work: Ending exploitation, advancing justice

The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) aims to build knowledge and understanding of the causes and effects of forced migration in order to help improve the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable people.

Refugees at work: Ending exploitation, advancing justice

Refugee Studies Centre

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