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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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Palestine Refugees and International Law

We are currently taking applications for this short course taking place in Istanbul in March 2020.

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Forthcoming events

Externalization and the erosion of refugee protection: an initial enquiry

Tuesday, 28 January 2020, 1pm to 2pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB

Access to SGBV protection services for Syrian and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 5pm to 6.30pm @ Seminar Room 1, Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB

Degradation by design: corrosive control in the lives of women seeking asylum in bordered Britain

Wednesday, 05 February 2020, 3pm to 4.30pm @ Seminar Room 3, Oxford Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, 3 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TB

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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