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Please join me and Prof Geoff Gilbert in London on Tues 3 June to hear about our new Practical Toolkit to protect people displaced across borders in the context of climate change & disasters. Kindly hosted by BIICL and Refugee Legal Support (RLS)🧡 - register here! biicl.org/events/12024/i…

Let Jane McAdam bring you up to speed on 'Rethinking Mobility in a Changing Climate'. She spoke last week to the Royal Society of NSW, and now you can watch it too: youtube.com/watch?v=oyBMbt…

This week's IDMC GRID report showed that climate change is reshaping global migration–some 70% of 2024 internal displacement occurred in the context of disasters. How will rising temperatures, disasters & displacement impact us? Explore answers at climatemobility.unsw.edu.au

NEW 🎬: In about 2 minutes, you can get a grip on what to do when you see or hear mistruths about migrants and refugees. Thanks to The Behavioural Insights Team for this video & for their work with us on the evidence-backed research behind it. youtu.be/OkrG2FkkhHI?si… via YouTube

Join me and others in 45 minutes for an insight into protecting the rights of people displaced in the context of climate change and disasters, through strategic litigation and international protection tools newschool.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

🌟 Build confidence. Get guidance. Feel seen. If you’re a displaced scholar in refugee or forced migration studies, the Displaced Scholars Peer Mentoring Program offers personal, academic support from experienced researchers. Apply by Thursday 22 May. 👉 bit.ly/3Pc0fr9

Governments are drafting the first-ever global treaty on disasters – but without key changes, it risks leaving displaced people behind. In a NEW Policy Brief, Jane McAdam & Thomas Mulder explain how small text changes could protect lives. Learn more: bit.ly/3Zn17hB

Govts are drafting the first-ever global treaty on disasters – but without key changes, it risks leaving displaced people behind. In our new Policy Brief, Thomas Mulder and I explain how small changes to the text could protect lives unsw.edu.au/news/2025/05/n…

Don’t miss our event in London on Tuesday 3 June ⁦BIICL⁩ - ⁦Prof Geoff Gilbert⁩ and I will explain the new International Protection for People Displaced Across Borders in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters: A Practical Toolkit biicl.org/events/12024/i…

Thank you to Sherine Al Shallah Sherine Al Shallah | شيرين الشلاح , Lucas Lixinski and Sydney Writers' Festival for such an engaging talk about the meaning of things – to a culture and to individual people. #culturalobjects #unsw #sydneywritersfestival UNSW Law & Justice

Labor now has the political clout to reset Australia’s refugee policy. Mary Anne Kenny offers good advice on where to start theconversation.com/labor-now-has-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

🌍 Can climate disasters create a valid refugee or protection claim? Don’t miss this free legal event unpacking a groundbreaking new Toolkit 📅 3 June, 18:30–19:45 BIICL, Russell Sq, London 🎙️ Jane McAdam Prof Geoff Gilbert @UNHCR's Kees Wouters 🔗 Register: bit.ly/44UrEXt

In our new article, 'The Time Trap in International Protection: The Misplaced Notion of “Imminence”', Michelle Foster, Helene Lambert and I explain why focusing only on immediate harm in protection claims involving climate change is the wrong approach law.georgetown.edu/international-…

‘Hear Me Out’ wins Most Innovative Website award: UNSW-National Justice Project-Portable-developed AI tool bringing justice to the people has been honoured in the Australian Web Awards 2025. 👏 Daniel Ghezelbash Prof George Newhouse + all involved! unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/…

Interesting to note: 'Multicultural issues advocate Paul Scarr took over the immigration portfolio, which Ley said would focus on economic uplift as opposed to border protection.' Andrew Hastie now in Home Affairs, as James Paterson moves to Finance. smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Tie up your trainers! The Big Walk 4 Refugees is about to kick off, so sign up today to ensure your steps add up to support for people living in our community and stuck in legal limbo. bigwalk4refugees.au

This #relocation was supposed to be a model for many more communities that will need to move in the coming decades. Instead, it shows the many ways the US govt got it wrong and isn't prepared to respond to how climate change is making places uninhabitable. propublica.org/article/newtok…

Meanwhile, away from the Elon Musk & Donald J. Trump spat, in news from people w/o power... important refugee reporting in Guardian Australia by Ben Doherty in PNG, w/pix by Mikearoo : “How long do we wait? What will happen to us? We deserve answers.” theguardian.com/australia-news…

A reminder to our many valued subscribers: the Weekly News Roundup will arrive on Tuesday this week, as Monday is a public holiday in Australia. If you are not yet part of our subscriber community, you're missing out on an essential resource–join today: unsw.edu.au/kaldor-centre/…

Congratulations to Shabnam Safa OAM! A passionate refugee-rights advocate and member of the Australian Refugee Advisory Panel, Shabnam was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia as part of the King’s Birthday 2025 Honours List. theaustraliatoday.com.au/champion-of-af…