With new citizenship laws in India, the refugee is being used to determine the Indian citizen along religious lines. Ria Kapoor looks at how Partition in 1947 and the Pakistani refugee crisis of 1971 are shaping this process of redefinition.
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Non-Returners: Forced Repatriation of Soviet Citizens and the Development of Refugee Protections
The international community is facing numerous migration crises, much like those that drove the development of international refugee rights and protections in the twentieth century. But instead of embracing and strengthening legal mechanisms to protect these people, we are seeing them undermined by nationalist and anti-democratic forces. With that in mind, the historical context in which international rights for asylum seekers developed offers important perspective on what makes them valuable.
When the Germans Feared (German) Migration
While drawing direct parallels to the modern day might be misleading, present-day Germany’s migration debates shares strong underlying themes with the fall of East Germany. The impact of push and pull factors, as well as the role that home and destination countries play in establishing them, continue to matter.
Episode 7: Marx’s London
Celebrate Karl Marx’s 200th birthday with 10 stops on a new History Workshop audio tour of Marx’s London
Arrivals: Reflections on the History of Border Control
What does it mean to live in a world with borders? Historian Becky Taylor reflects on the history of border controls.
Radical Objects: A Refugee’s Life Jacket at Manchester Museum
How are museums responding to the refugee crisis in Europe? Bryan Sitch on Manchester Museum’s acquisition & display of a refugee’s life jacket from the Greek island of Lesvos.
Keeping disabled children out of Australia: An impoverished calculus of human value?
Australia’s policy of exclusion towards families who have a disabled child has meant the break-up and deportation of families.
