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Lesvos: a Mental Health Crisis

Resignation syndrome occurs amongst refugee children because the psychological trauma they have experienced is often so severe that their pr

Stories for Justice: Redefining the Migrant ‘Crisis’

Giving a platform to refugee tales can be an effective way to engage people’s natural and customary care for each other.

The Language We Use: Origins of the 'Refugee'

Language matters. The words we use can convey much of what we mean, sometimes without us even realising. There are new words. Words that...

Book Review: Ali Smith's 'Winter' and Charlotte McDonald-Gibson’s 'Cast Away'

Smith’s dialogues expose opposing discursive stances on the modern refugee crisis that have been circulating within global discourse...