refugee

  • The Dublin Convention: Bad for Host Nations, Worse for Migrants

    The Dublin Convention: Bad for Host Nations, Worse for Migrants

    The calamitous earthquake that rocked Syria and Turkey killed over 46,000 people. As host to more Syrian asylum seekers than every other country combined, the disaster has thrust the refugee crisis back into the news. While more effective government could have limited some of the physical damage and casualties, the…

  • Accountability to Humanitarian Aid Respondents: The Need for Institutional Change

    Accountability to Humanitarian Aid Respondents: The Need for Institutional Change

    “They’re sending us to die,” lamented a 40-year-old Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh facing a planned repatriation program to the country from where he had just fled. Another man nearby broke down into tears, “The military came, killed our people, set fire to our houses, and threw our kids in the…

  • The Policy and Politics of Refugees: A conversation with Pascal Brice (Part 2)

    The Policy and Politics of Refugees: A conversation with Pascal Brice (Part 2)

    Pascal Brice is the Executive Director of France’s Office of Protection for Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA). He was invited to the University of Chicago by the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts and sat down with Prabhat Singh to discuss the refugee crisis in Europe…

  • Our Huddled Masses:  New Frontiers In Refugee Resettlement

    Our Huddled Masses: New Frontiers In Refugee Resettlement

    With new waves of refugees coming to our shores, Bob Montgomery, a nationally recognized leader in his field, details the policy and political challenges ahead.