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Oxford Sanctuary Fair a great success
This collaborative event was hosted by Asylum Welcome, the RSC, and Oxford City Council
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Welcome
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.
Vacancies
Research Assistant, Newly Arrived Children: EAL and other Provisions and Policy Making project
Latest publications
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Refugee entrepreneurship in Rwanda
Research in Brief
Naohiko Omata and Yotam Gidron, (2023), RSC Research in Brief 20
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Depression, violence and socioeconomic outcomes among refugees in East Africa: evidence from a multicountry representative survey
Journal article
Julia R Pozuelo et al, (2023), BMJ Mental Health, 26
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Offshoring refugees: colonial echoes of the UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership
Journal article
Michael Collyer and Uttara Shahani, (2023), Social Sciences, 12 (8)
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The meanings of internationalism: a collective discussion on Pan-African, early Soviet, Islamic Socialist and Kurdish internationalisms across the 20th century
Journal article
Dilar Dirik et al, (2023), Millennium
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Refugee-led organisations: towards community-based accountability mechanisms
Other
Foni Joyce Vuni et al, (2023), Humanitarian Exchange, 83
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Refugees’ Access to Work Permits and Business Licences in Kenya
Report
Foni Joyce Vuni and Buhendwa Iragi, (2023)
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IOM’s Immigration Detention Practices and Policies: Human Rights, Positive Obligations and Humanitarian Duties
Chapter
Angela Sherwood et al, (2023), IOM Unbound? Obligations and Accountability of the International Organization for Migration in an Era of Expansion, 360 - 396
RSC Statement on Ukraine
We, at the RSC, would like to express our deep shock and sadness at the loss of life and profound suffering caused by Russia's unlawful invasion of Ukraine. We also wish to express our solidarity with Ukrainians, and the huge numbers of people displaced by the current war.
Everyone, whether they are forced to flee events in Ukraine or elsewhere in the world, has the right to access and to receive protection in safe countries. We urge states to respect this fundamental right, without discrimination, for Ukrainians and for all people displaced from countries where their basic human rights are threatened.
The RSC Management Group
Latest news
Refugee entrepreneurship in Rwanda | A new research brief
11 September 2023
The Refugee-Led Research Festival 2023 takes place in Nairobi
11 September 2023
The Refugee-Led Research Hub launches Graduate Horizons
24 August 2023
On the passing of Professor Howard Adelman
26 July 2023
Forthcoming events
Recognising Refugees: Practices and Modes of Recognition
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 11am to 12pm @ Online
The use of new technologies in immigration and asylum governance: implications for human rights
Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 1pm to 2.30pm @ Online via Zoom
Gil Loescher Memorial Fund
In celebration of the life and work of Professor Gil Loescher, a fund has been established by the RSC and Gil’s family and friends to support students conducting research on refugee and displacement issues.
Founded in 1982
Master's course established in 1998
Winner of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2002
