Blog – CARFMS/ACERMF

Migration as Climate Adaptation

Posted on Tuesday 26 October 2021Tuesday 26 October 2021 by Bruno Dupeyron

by Benjamin Keenan, PhD Candidate, McGill University Anthropogenic climate change is now viewed as an existential threat that requires society to question how we live and how we can use our resources more sustainably. The increase in atmospheric CO2, from about 280 ppm prior to the Industrial Revolution (ca. 1850) to approximately 411 ppm today has led to an increase in the number and severity of extreme weather events – including extensive and frequent…

Mutual aid amongst refugees: Evidence from Turkey and Peru, by Nicolas Parent

Posted on Tuesday 26 October 2021Wednesday 27 October 2021 by Bruno Dupeyron

Nicolas Parent, PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, McGill University, winner of CARFMS 2021 student essay contest (graduate/law category), nicolas.parent@mail.mcgill.ca Over the course of four years (2015-2019) and while conducting research with refugees in Basmane (Izmir, Turkey) and Chorrillos (Lima, Peru), I came across what I believed were authentic examples of mutual aid. [1] Mutual aid, from the anti-capitalist and anarcho-communist writings of Peter Kropotkin, can be understood as the horizontal and free assembly of individuals…

Striving to Achieve International Justice Through the Protection of Refugees: The Challenges for Greece and the European Union

Posted on Friday 14 May 2021Friday 14 May 2021 by Bruno Dupeyron

by Stephanie P. Stobbe and James C. Simeon Dr. Stephanie P. Stobbe, Associate Professor, Conflict Resolution Studies, Menno Simons College (a College of CMU) at the University of Winnipeg, s.stobbe@uwinnipeg.ca Dr. James C. Simeon, Associate Professor, Head of McLaughlin College, and School of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University, jcsimeon@yorku.ca International justice should be the prime objective of all of us. It…

CARFMS Meets: IMRC!

Posted on Friday 30 April 2021Friday 30 April 2021 by Bruno Dupeyron

By Stephanie J. Silverman Dr. Stephanie J. Silverman is a sociolegal scholar who focuses on the tripwires of migration control. Her recent publications include articles on detainee risk assessments, administrative decision-making, Canadian quarantine powers, and a special journal issue on abolishing detention and other forms of incarceration. Her forthcoming monograph presents a new explanatory and analytic theory of the meteoric rise and normalization of immigration detention, drawing on Canada as a key case study. Contact…

Moving Refugee Protection from Regional Divergence to International Convergence

Posted on Sunday 25 April 2021Monday 26 April 2021 by Bruno Dupeyron

by Dr. James C. Simeon, Associate Professor, Head of McLaughlin College, and School of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University, jcsimeon@yorku.ca The international refugee protection regime is highly complex, regionally based, and far from uniform. There are, for example, at least three major United Nations Agencies that deal with refugees: the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); the United Nations Relief and…

Unpacking the knowledge-practices of the “collective self”: The Rohingya social movement in Canada

Posted on Friday 18 September 2020Tuesday 19 January 2021 by Bruno Dupeyron

by Yuriko Cowper-Smith, Ph.D. Yuriko Cowper-Smith holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Development from the University of Guelph. Her main research interests lie in migration, statelessness, and social movements, and her dissertation research investigates the Rohingya social movement in Canada. For three years, she has worked with this diaspora community by volunteering, organizing and attending events, and raising public awareness about the refugee crisis and genocide through her research and writing. Yuriko’s research…

15 Ways to Evaluate the Success of Community Sponsorship Programs, by Rachel McNally

Posted on Wednesday 22 January 2020Tuesday 28 January 2020 by Bruno Dupeyron

Last year marked 40 years since the signing of the first agreement for private sponsorship in Canada. The government credits the program for “thousands upon thousands of new Canadian success stories.”[i] But what does the government mean by “success”? How can we determine if a sponsorship program is “successful”? New research reflects on these questions, including the Refuge journal’s new Special Issue on Private Sponsorship in Canada, the forthcoming book by McGill-Queen’s University Press Strangers…

Notes from the Field: Unraveling the Intricacies of Migration with Dr. Nakache

Posted on Friday 3 May 2019Thursday 25 June 2020 by Petra Molnar

Delphine Nakache is Associate Professor in International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa. Her research focuses on refugee and immigration law, human rights, protection of migrant workers, asylum seekers and non-status migrants. Dr. Nakache was interviewed by Zainab Abu Alrob, a first-year PhD candidate in Policy Studies at Ryerson University who focuses her research on asylum policy, resettlement and refugee integration. In an intriguing and wide-ranging interview, Dr. Nakache unveiled meaningful and…

Notes from the Field: Immigration Policies: Canada vs. The United States?

Posted on Friday 3 May 2019Thursday 25 June 2020 by Petra Molnar

Notes from the Field Julia Gelatt, PhD, is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) in Washington, DC. Her work focuses on the US immigration system, demographic trends and policy implications. Julia was interviewed by Kanwal Khokhar, who is an MA candidate in Criminal and Social Justice Studies at Ryerson University. Kanwal is passionate about ensuring that Canadian immigration policy-makers avoid the US mistakes in crafting immigration and asylum legislation. Executive Summary:…

Canada Needs to End the ‘Indefinite Detention’ of Migrants: And, the Supreme Court Should Make it So

Posted on Wednesday 27 March 2019Thursday 28 March 2019 by Petra Molnar

Professor James C. Simeon, Head of McLaughlin College School of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada jcsimeon@yorku.ca Why is Canada one of the few countries in the world that still practices “indefinite detention”? The deplorable practice of holding migrants for indefinite periods of time who are unable to establish their identity or who are unable to obtain the documentation required to be returned to their…

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