© UNHCR/R Arnold
FMR 52: Thinking ahead: displacement, transition, solutions
With 32 articles on ‘Thinking ahead: displacement, transition, solutions’, plus 10 general articles
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© © UNHCR/Andrew McConnell
The Human Rights of Migrants and Refugees in European Law
A timely new book by Cathryn Costello
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© Photo: Ryan Lash / TED
© RSC / I McClelland
MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
Interested in studying forced migration? Take a look at our course pages
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© Ibrahim El-Salahi
Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
This major volume, edited by current and former RSC staff and Associates, is now available in paperback
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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.
Find out moreSelected publications
Cathryn Costello, (2015), The Human Rights of Migrants and Refugees in European Law, Oxford University Press.
Tom Scott-Smith, (2016), Humanitarian dilemmas in a mobile world, Refugee Survey Quarterly, 35 (2), 1–21.
Alexander Betts et al, (2016), Humanitarian innovation, integration, and the architecture of refugee protection, Chapter in Hsu R and Reinprecht C (eds) Migration and Integration: New Models for Mobility and Coexistence, pp. 111–136.
Alexander Betts, (2016), Global governance and forced migration, Chapter in Triandafyllidou A (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Immigration and Refugee Studies, pp. 312–319.
Cathryn Costello and Minos Mouzourakis, (2016), EU Law and the detainability of asylum-seekers, Refugee Survey Quarterly, 35 (1), 47–73.
Latest publications
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From returnees to citizens? The case of minority repatriations to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hannes Einsporn, (2016), RSC Working Paper Series, 118
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Refugees’ Right to Work and Access to Labor Markets – An Assessment. Part II: Country Cases
Roger Zetter and Héloïse Ruaudel, (2016), KNOMAD Working Paper and Study Series
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Refugees’ Right to Work and Access to Labor Markets – An Assessment. Part I: Synthesis
Roger Zetter and Héloïse Ruaudel, (2016), KNOMAD Working Paper and Study Series
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Safe and voluntary refugee repatriation: from principle to practice
Jeff Crisp and Katy Long, (2016), Journal on Migration and Human Security, 4 (3), 141 - 145
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Non-refoulement as custom and jus cogens? Putting the prohibition to the test
Cathryn Costello and Michelle Foster, (2016), Netherlands Yearbook of International Law, 46, 273 - 327
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Performing the human: refugees, the body, and the politics of universalism
Moe Suzuki, (2016), RSC Working Paper Series, 117
Forthcoming events
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Reporting refugees: what a journalist learnt on the migration trails to Europe | Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2016
Wednesday, 26 October 2016, 5pm to 6.30pm
From Fortress Europe to Sanctuary Europe
PODCASTS NOW AVAILABLE for this Refugee Week conference held at the RSC on 18-19 June, with Oxford City of Sanctuary, the national City of Sanctuary movement, and the British Red Cross.
Research projects
Founded in 1982
Master's course established in 1998
Winner of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2002