Refugee Law Initiative
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The RLI is the only academic centre in the UK focusing specifically on international refugee law | Home of the Refugee Law Clinic | Part of the School of Advanced Study, University of London https://linktr.ee/rli_sas
Refugees in the 21st Century - FREE ONLINE COURSE offered by the Refugee Law Initiative at the University of London on Coursera!
Register now for our free 6-week introductory course:
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#OnlineShortCourse #Refugees #RefugeeProtection
Register now for our free 6-week introductory course:
www.coursera.org/learn/refuge...
#OnlineShortCourse #Refugees #RefugeeProtection
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Refugees in the 21st Century - FREE ONLINE COURSE offered by the Refugee Law Initiative at the University of London on Coursera!
Register now for our free 6-week introductory course:
www.coursera.org/learn/refuge...
#OnlineShortCourse #Refugees #RefugeeProtection
Register now for our free 6-week introductory course:
www.coursera.org/learn/refuge...
#OnlineShortCourse #Refugees #RefugeeProtection
Join our community and connect with the research specialists, policy experts, fellows, and students that make the Refugee Law Initiative so unique. You’ll also tap into our unmatched global network of researchers and affiliates. Hear from RLI Director Prof David Cantor👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻@sas-news.sky.social
November 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Join our community and connect with the research specialists, policy experts, fellows, and students that make the Refugee Law Initiative so unique. You’ll also tap into our unmatched global network of researchers and affiliates. Hear from RLI Director Prof David Cantor👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻@sas-news.sky.social
Register now for the next Expert Witness Training Day on 5 December 2025 held in-person at the University of London. ONLY A FEW PLACES LEFT!
New registration deadline: 17 November 2025
rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho...
#ExpertWitnessTraining #RefugeeLaw #AsylumClaims #Refugees
New registration deadline: 17 November 2025
rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho...
#ExpertWitnessTraining #RefugeeLaw #AsylumClaims #Refugees
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Register now for the next Expert Witness Training Day on 5 December 2025 held in-person at the University of London. ONLY A FEW PLACES LEFT!
New registration deadline: 17 November 2025
rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho...
#ExpertWitnessTraining #RefugeeLaw #AsylumClaims #Refugees
New registration deadline: 17 November 2025
rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho...
#ExpertWitnessTraining #RefugeeLaw #AsylumClaims #Refugees
Join us at our forthcoming seminar next month in London:
'Irregular migration responses: small boats, return hubs and the future of the refugee regime', 9 December 2025, 6pm-7pm UK time, Room 349, Third Floor, Senate House, London WC1E 7HU
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/irreg...
#Migration #RefugeeProtection
'Irregular migration responses: small boats, return hubs and the future of the refugee regime', 9 December 2025, 6pm-7pm UK time, Room 349, Third Floor, Senate House, London WC1E 7HU
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/irreg...
#Migration #RefugeeProtection
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Join us at our forthcoming seminar next month in London:
'Irregular migration responses: small boats, return hubs and the future of the refugee regime', 9 December 2025, 6pm-7pm UK time, Room 349, Third Floor, Senate House, London WC1E 7HU
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/irreg...
#Migration #RefugeeProtection
'Irregular migration responses: small boats, return hubs and the future of the refugee regime', 9 December 2025, 6pm-7pm UK time, Room 349, Third Floor, Senate House, London WC1E 7HU
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/irreg...
#Migration #RefugeeProtection
New on the #RLI blog: 'Bird’s Eye View Politics and the Invisibilization of Syrian Refugee Realities' by Marwan Issa
This post is part of the 'Durable Disillusionment: (Ir)Relevance of Solutions in Protracted Crises' blog series.
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/30/b...
#Politics #Syria #Refugees
This post is part of the 'Durable Disillusionment: (Ir)Relevance of Solutions in Protracted Crises' blog series.
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/30/b...
#Politics #Syria #Refugees
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
New on the #RLI blog: 'Bird’s Eye View Politics and the Invisibilization of Syrian Refugee Realities' by Marwan Issa
This post is part of the 'Durable Disillusionment: (Ir)Relevance of Solutions in Protracted Crises' blog series.
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/30/b...
#Politics #Syria #Refugees
This post is part of the 'Durable Disillusionment: (Ir)Relevance of Solutions in Protracted Crises' blog series.
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/30/b...
#Politics #Syria #Refugees
Join us on 10 December 2025 from 1pm-2pm (UK time) for our live Human Rights Day webinar to learn more about our MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies.
www.london.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Refugees #Displacement #RefugeeProtection #ForcedMigration #PostgraduateStudy #HumanRightsDay
www.london.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Refugees #Displacement #RefugeeProtection #ForcedMigration #PostgraduateStudy #HumanRightsDay
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Join us on 10 December 2025 from 1pm-2pm (UK time) for our live Human Rights Day webinar to learn more about our MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies.
www.london.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Refugees #Displacement #RefugeeProtection #ForcedMigration #PostgraduateStudy #HumanRightsDay
www.london.ac.uk/news-events/...
#Refugees #Displacement #RefugeeProtection #ForcedMigration #PostgraduateStudy #HumanRightsDay
Forthcoming Evening Dialogue 👇👇👇
'Ethical Futures in Research and Publishing: Centring Ethics, Access and Equality in Refugee Studies', 14 November 2025, Online, 3pm- 4:30pm UK time | 5pm-6:30pm Beirut time
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/ethic...
#Refugees #GlobalSouth #Ethics #Equality #RefugeeStudies
'Ethical Futures in Research and Publishing: Centring Ethics, Access and Equality in Refugee Studies', 14 November 2025, Online, 3pm- 4:30pm UK time | 5pm-6:30pm Beirut time
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/ethic...
#Refugees #GlobalSouth #Ethics #Equality #RefugeeStudies
November 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Forthcoming Evening Dialogue 👇👇👇
'Ethical Futures in Research and Publishing: Centring Ethics, Access and Equality in Refugee Studies', 14 November 2025, Online, 3pm- 4:30pm UK time | 5pm-6:30pm Beirut time
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/ethic...
#Refugees #GlobalSouth #Ethics #Equality #RefugeeStudies
'Ethical Futures in Research and Publishing: Centring Ethics, Access and Equality in Refugee Studies', 14 November 2025, Online, 3pm- 4:30pm UK time | 5pm-6:30pm Beirut time
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/ethic...
#Refugees #GlobalSouth #Ethics #Equality #RefugeeStudies
Use your country expertise to help inform asylum decisions - Train as an expert witness for asylum cases - Register now for our next session on 5 December 2025.
Early bird rates available until 6 November - register here: rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho...
#ExpertWitness #RefugeeLaw #AsylumClaims
Early bird rates available until 6 November - register here: rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho...
#ExpertWitness #RefugeeLaw #AsylumClaims
October 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Use your country expertise to help inform asylum decisions - Train as an expert witness for asylum cases - Register now for our next session on 5 December 2025.
Early bird rates available until 6 November - register here: rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho...
#ExpertWitness #RefugeeLaw #AsylumClaims
Early bird rates available until 6 November - register here: rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho...
#ExpertWitness #RefugeeLaw #AsylumClaims
New on the #RLI podcast:
'Fit for the future? Climate change, global crises and the capacity of refugee law' which was part of the 16th International Refugee Law Seminar Series: The Future of Refugee Law.
Listen here:
rli.sas.ac.uk/podcasts/fit...
#ClimateChange #RefugeeLaw #Podcast
'Fit for the future? Climate change, global crises and the capacity of refugee law' which was part of the 16th International Refugee Law Seminar Series: The Future of Refugee Law.
Listen here:
rli.sas.ac.uk/podcasts/fit...
#ClimateChange #RefugeeLaw #Podcast
October 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
New on the #RLI podcast:
'Fit for the future? Climate change, global crises and the capacity of refugee law' which was part of the 16th International Refugee Law Seminar Series: The Future of Refugee Law.
Listen here:
rli.sas.ac.uk/podcasts/fit...
#ClimateChange #RefugeeLaw #Podcast
'Fit for the future? Climate change, global crises and the capacity of refugee law' which was part of the 16th International Refugee Law Seminar Series: The Future of Refugee Law.
Listen here:
rli.sas.ac.uk/podcasts/fit...
#ClimateChange #RefugeeLaw #Podcast
The #RLI is delighted to welcome Dr Tosin Durodola as a new Visiting Fellow.
Based on extensive fieldwork in #WestAfrica, his work examines how the end of #RefugeeStatus shapes belonging, statelessness and the afterlives of exile.
rli.sas.ac.uk/people/dr-to...
#ForcedMigration #Humanitarianism
Based on extensive fieldwork in #WestAfrica, his work examines how the end of #RefugeeStatus shapes belonging, statelessness and the afterlives of exile.
rli.sas.ac.uk/people/dr-to...
#ForcedMigration #Humanitarianism
October 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The #RLI is delighted to welcome Dr Tosin Durodola as a new Visiting Fellow.
Based on extensive fieldwork in #WestAfrica, his work examines how the end of #RefugeeStatus shapes belonging, statelessness and the afterlives of exile.
rli.sas.ac.uk/people/dr-to...
#ForcedMigration #Humanitarianism
Based on extensive fieldwork in #WestAfrica, his work examines how the end of #RefugeeStatus shapes belonging, statelessness and the afterlives of exile.
rli.sas.ac.uk/people/dr-to...
#ForcedMigration #Humanitarianism
Register now for our next seminar:
Funding crisis, UN reform and the future of humanitarian work, 6 November, 6pm-7pm, Bloomsbury Room, G35, Ground Floor, Senate House
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/fundi...
#Funding #FundingCrisis #UN80 #IOM #UNHCR #Displacement #Refugees #IDPs #InternallyDisplacedPeople
Funding crisis, UN reform and the future of humanitarian work, 6 November, 6pm-7pm, Bloomsbury Room, G35, Ground Floor, Senate House
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/fundi...
#Funding #FundingCrisis #UN80 #IOM #UNHCR #Displacement #Refugees #IDPs #InternallyDisplacedPeople
October 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Register now for our next seminar:
Funding crisis, UN reform and the future of humanitarian work, 6 November, 6pm-7pm, Bloomsbury Room, G35, Ground Floor, Senate House
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/fundi...
#Funding #FundingCrisis #UN80 #IOM #UNHCR #Displacement #Refugees #IDPs #InternallyDisplacedPeople
Funding crisis, UN reform and the future of humanitarian work, 6 November, 6pm-7pm, Bloomsbury Room, G35, Ground Floor, Senate House
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/fundi...
#Funding #FundingCrisis #UN80 #IOM #UNHCR #Displacement #Refugees #IDPs #InternallyDisplacedPeople
Read the RLI's latest monthly update: mailchi.mp/london/refug...
And subscribe here: sas.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
#refugees #refugeeprotection #migration #displacement #refugeelaw
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October 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Read the RLI's latest monthly update: mailchi.mp/london/refug...
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#refugees #refugeeprotection #migration #displacement #refugeelaw
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#refugees #refugeeprotection #migration #displacement #refugeelaw
Register NOW for the RLI's 2026 #ResearchMethods in the Refugee and #ForcedMigration Field short course running from from 2-6 March 2026 at Senate House, University of London.
Visit our website to learn more and to hear what students have said about this course: rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho...
Visit our website to learn more and to hear what students have said about this course: rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho...
September 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Register NOW for the RLI's 2026 #ResearchMethods in the Refugee and #ForcedMigration Field short course running from from 2-6 March 2026 at Senate House, University of London.
Visit our website to learn more and to hear what students have said about this course: rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho...
Visit our website to learn more and to hear what students have said about this course: rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho...
New on the #RLI blog: 'Opening doors and preventing childhood statelessness' by @cynthiaorchard.bsky.social, Manager of the @refugeelawclinic.bsky.social and an individual member of the European Network on Statelessness.
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/26/o...
#Statelessness #Children #Citizenship
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/26/o...
#Statelessness #Children #Citizenship
September 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
New on the #RLI blog: 'Opening doors and preventing childhood statelessness' by @cynthiaorchard.bsky.social, Manager of the @refugeelawclinic.bsky.social and an individual member of the European Network on Statelessness.
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/26/o...
#Statelessness #Children #Citizenship
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/26/o...
#Statelessness #Children #Citizenship
New on the #RLI blog: 'The Dilemma of Pakistani Refugees in India Following the Baisaran Valley Attack' written by Shivani Dutta, Assistant Professor, School of Law, DSU and PhD Research Scholar, NLSIU, Bangalore.
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/22/t...
#India #Pakistan #Refugees
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/22/t...
#India #Pakistan #Refugees
September 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
New on the #RLI blog: 'The Dilemma of Pakistani Refugees in India Following the Baisaran Valley Attack' written by Shivani Dutta, Assistant Professor, School of Law, DSU and PhD Research Scholar, NLSIU, Bangalore.
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/22/t...
#India #Pakistan #Refugees
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/22/t...
#India #Pakistan #Refugees
Join us for the 16th International Refugee Law Seminar Series: The Future of Refugee Law
First seminar: Fit for the future?, 25 September 2025
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/fit-f...
View other sessions in the series here: rli.sas.ac.uk/annual-semin...
#RefugeeLaw #ClimateChange #HumanRights #RLI
First seminar: Fit for the future?, 25 September 2025
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/fit-f...
View other sessions in the series here: rli.sas.ac.uk/annual-semin...
#RefugeeLaw #ClimateChange #HumanRights #RLI
September 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Join us for the 16th International Refugee Law Seminar Series: The Future of Refugee Law
First seminar: Fit for the future?, 25 September 2025
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/fit-f...
View other sessions in the series here: rli.sas.ac.uk/annual-semin...
#RefugeeLaw #ClimateChange #HumanRights #RLI
First seminar: Fit for the future?, 25 September 2025
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/fit-f...
View other sessions in the series here: rli.sas.ac.uk/annual-semin...
#RefugeeLaw #ClimateChange #HumanRights #RLI
Are you a consultant with an interest in the #refugee and #displacement field?
We’re hiring! We're looking for a short-term consultant #fundraiser with existing strong connections to charitable trusts, #law firms and other potential donors.
Learn more and apply here:
rli.sas.ac.uk/get-involved...
We’re hiring! We're looking for a short-term consultant #fundraiser with existing strong connections to charitable trusts, #law firms and other potential donors.
Learn more and apply here:
rli.sas.ac.uk/get-involved...
September 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Are you a consultant with an interest in the #refugee and #displacement field?
We’re hiring! We're looking for a short-term consultant #fundraiser with existing strong connections to charitable trusts, #law firms and other potential donors.
Learn more and apply here:
rli.sas.ac.uk/get-involved...
We’re hiring! We're looking for a short-term consultant #fundraiser with existing strong connections to charitable trusts, #law firms and other potential donors.
Learn more and apply here:
rli.sas.ac.uk/get-involved...
Read our latest monthly update and subscribe here: mailchi.mp/london/refug...
#refugees #refugeeprotection #migration #displacement #refugeelaw
#refugees #refugeeprotection #migration #displacement #refugeelaw
September 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Read our latest monthly update and subscribe here: mailchi.mp/london/refug...
#refugees #refugeeprotection #migration #displacement #refugeelaw
#refugees #refugeeprotection #migration #displacement #refugeelaw
Join us for the first seminar of our 16th International Refugee Law Seminar Series:
'Fit for the future? Climate change, global crises and the capacity of refugee law', 25 September, 6pm, Senate House
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/fit-f...
#RefugeeLaw #ClimateChange #HumanRights #RLI #SeminarSeries
'Fit for the future? Climate change, global crises and the capacity of refugee law', 25 September, 6pm, Senate House
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/fit-f...
#RefugeeLaw #ClimateChange #HumanRights #RLI #SeminarSeries
August 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Join us for the first seminar of our 16th International Refugee Law Seminar Series:
'Fit for the future? Climate change, global crises and the capacity of refugee law', 25 September, 6pm, Senate House
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/fit-f...
#RefugeeLaw #ClimateChange #HumanRights #RLI #SeminarSeries
'Fit for the future? Climate change, global crises and the capacity of refugee law', 25 September, 6pm, Senate House
rli.sas.ac.uk/events/fit-f...
#RefugeeLaw #ClimateChange #HumanRights #RLI #SeminarSeries
New on the #RLI blog: 'Protecting Queer Refugees in Muslim-majority Niger? How Organizational Designs of Refugee Status Determination May Helpe Solve Moral Conflicts' by Laura Lambert
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/16/p...
#Niger #Refugees #RefugeeProtection #LGBTQIA #Queer
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/16/p...
#Niger #Refugees #RefugeeProtection #LGBTQIA #Queer
August 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
New on the #RLI blog: 'Protecting Queer Refugees in Muslim-majority Niger? How Organizational Designs of Refugee Status Determination May Helpe Solve Moral Conflicts' by Laura Lambert
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/16/p...
#Niger #Refugees #RefugeeProtection #LGBTQIA #Queer
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/16/p...
#Niger #Refugees #RefugeeProtection #LGBTQIA #Queer
New on the #RLI blog: 'Diplomatic Asylum As Safe Havens? – Analysing The Political Crime Exception in Mexico v. Ecuador'
Written by Natasha Mittal and Raima Singh, law students from Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/15/d...
#DiplomaticAsylum #Mexico #Ecuador
Written by Natasha Mittal and Raima Singh, law students from Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/15/d...
#DiplomaticAsylum #Mexico #Ecuador
August 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New on the #RLI blog: 'Diplomatic Asylum As Safe Havens? – Analysing The Political Crime Exception in Mexico v. Ecuador'
Written by Natasha Mittal and Raima Singh, law students from Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/15/d...
#DiplomaticAsylum #Mexico #Ecuador
Written by Natasha Mittal and Raima Singh, law students from Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/15/d...
#DiplomaticAsylum #Mexico #Ecuador
New on the #RLI blog: 'The Future of U.S. Refugee Resettlement and Lessons From Other Countries'
Written by Grace Benson, PhD, Visiting Scholar, Research on International Policy Implementation Lab, American University
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/07/t...
#US #Refugees #ResettlementPrograms
Written by Grace Benson, PhD, Visiting Scholar, Research on International Policy Implementation Lab, American University
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/07/t...
#US #Refugees #ResettlementPrograms
August 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New on the #RLI blog: 'The Future of U.S. Refugee Resettlement and Lessons From Other Countries'
Written by Grace Benson, PhD, Visiting Scholar, Research on International Policy Implementation Lab, American University
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/07/t...
#US #Refugees #ResettlementPrograms
Written by Grace Benson, PhD, Visiting Scholar, Research on International Policy Implementation Lab, American University
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/07/t...
#US #Refugees #ResettlementPrograms
Expert Witness Training from the Refugee Law Initiative 👇 👇 👇
Our next session takes place on 22 September in Senate House. Places are strictly limited and the deadline to register is 28 August.
rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho...
#ExpertWitnessReports #Immigration #AsylumClaims #Displacement
Our next session takes place on 22 September in Senate House. Places are strictly limited and the deadline to register is 28 August.
rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho...
#ExpertWitnessReports #Immigration #AsylumClaims #Displacement
August 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Expert Witness Training from the Refugee Law Initiative 👇 👇 👇
Our next session takes place on 22 September in Senate House. Places are strictly limited and the deadline to register is 28 August.
rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho...
#ExpertWitnessReports #Immigration #AsylumClaims #Displacement
Our next session takes place on 22 September in Senate House. Places are strictly limited and the deadline to register is 28 August.
rli.sas.ac.uk/study-us/sho...
#ExpertWitnessReports #Immigration #AsylumClaims #Displacement
New on the #RLI blog: 'Volatile Bodies: The Queer Syrian Refugee as a Site of Postwar Fantasy in Lebanon'
Written by Dr Jasmin Lilian Diab (Lebanese American University) and Hossein Cheaito (Geneva Graduate Institute)
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/05/v...
#Lebonon #Syria #Refugees #LGBTQIA+
Written by Dr Jasmin Lilian Diab (Lebanese American University) and Hossein Cheaito (Geneva Graduate Institute)
rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/08/05/v...
#Lebonon #Syria #Refugees #LGBTQIA+
August 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
ONE WEEK LEFT TO APPLY to our online, practice-focused MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies from the University of London!
Apply by 1 August for the October 2025 start:
www.london.ac.uk/study/course...
#Refugees #RefugeeProtection #ForcedMigration #PostgraduateStudy
Apply by 1 August for the October 2025 start:
www.london.ac.uk/study/course...
#Refugees #RefugeeProtection #ForcedMigration #PostgraduateStudy
July 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
ONE WEEK LEFT TO APPLY to our online, practice-focused MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies from the University of London!
Apply by 1 August for the October 2025 start:
www.london.ac.uk/study/course...
#Refugees #RefugeeProtection #ForcedMigration #PostgraduateStudy
Apply by 1 August for the October 2025 start:
www.london.ac.uk/study/course...
#Refugees #RefugeeProtection #ForcedMigration #PostgraduateStudy