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The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) was founded in 1982 and is part of the Oxford Department of International Development. Our mission is to build knowledge and understanding of forced migration in order to help improve the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable people.

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COVID-19 resources

Visit our new section on COVID-19 resources, with a blog by RSC researchers, plus links to articles about the impact of the pandemic on forced migrants by both RSC researchers and others.

COVID-19 resources

Founded in 1982

Master's course established in 1998

Winner of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2002

Forced Migration Review

Migration Oxford