Migration, informality and violence: A reflection at the AAG 2016 San Francisco

By Arshad Isakjee On March 26 2016 I presented a paper with colleagues Dr Thom Davies (Sociology, University of Warwick) and Dr Surindar Dhesi (Environmental Health, University of Birmingham) on the informal refugee camp in Calais. Since joining IRiS in 2015, I have been working as part of an interdisciplinary team of researchers on an... Continue Reading →

21/04/2016 0

Independent report into conditions in Calais migrant camps outlines failure to meet recommended standards

An independent report of the Calais migrant camps, the first of its kind, has confirmed the perilous conditions facing the occupants, which fail to meet the standards recommended by global authorities. The preliminary findings of the University of Birmingham report, supported by Doctors of the World (Médicins du Monde) and funded by the Economic and... Continue Reading →

09/10/2015 0

Calais migrants are not invading: they are just a small part of a global refugee crisis

Calais is not a local issue. It is one manifestation of the global refugee crisis, but not one of the acutest.

03/08/2015 0

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Migration, informality and violence: A reflection at the AAG 2016 San Francisco

Independent report into conditions in Calais migrant camps outlines failure to meet recommended standards

Calais migrants are not invading: they are just a small part of a global refugee crisis

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