Podcasts about refugee policy

John Maytham speaks with journalist and author Max du Preez about the US decision to grant refugee status to 59 white South Africans. Du Preez rejects claims of persecution as unfounded and politically motivated, placing the issue in the broader context of Trump-era asylum policy and strained US–South Africa relations. Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing book reviews and inspiring interviews profiling artists. A daily highlight is Rapid Fire, just after 5:30pm. CapeTalk fans call in, to stump the presenter with their general knowledge questions. Another firm favourite is the humorous Thursday crossing with award-winning journalist Rebecca Davis, called “Plan B”. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Afternoon Drive with John Maytham Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 and 18:00 (SA Time) to Afternoon Drive with John Maytham broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/BSFy4Cn or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/n8nWt4x Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Endless Frontiers: Axios - The future of U.S. security is today taking shape in Texas TedX: Krish O'Mara Vignarajah - What is America's Superpower?Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of Global Refuge, joins The Realignment. Marshall and Krish discuss Global Refuge's work with American refugee resettlement, the roots of the global backlash against immigration and refugee resettlement, the case for immigration, how pro-immigration groups should respond to the 2024 election, the Biden administration's policy mistakes when it came to the southern border, the role of scarcity in immigration scarcity, and why the post-war consensus around immigration and refugee resettlement broke down. 

In this week's episode of On The Line, Jen Gerson speaks with Adam Sadinsky, a refugee lawyer and member of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers about the Safe Third Country Agreement — and why lawyers like him think it needs to be radically altered in the Donald Trump era. This episode of On The Line is brought to you by the Forest Products Association of Canada. Canadian forestry supports 200,000 workers, generates $87 billion in annual revenue, and provides the products we need to build homes and drive economic growth. While trade barriers from the United States threaten jobs and investment, Canada's own approval processes and regulations are blocking critical projects that increase our self reliance. The Canadian government has a clear opportunity to stand up for Canadian forestry at a time of growing global uncertainty. We need real action that puts Canadians first — supporting employees and their families, securing stability for our businesses, and protecting the long-term potential of our sector and its people. To learn more, visit https://www.forestryforthefuture.ca/They discuss how the agreement was established, its impact on refugee claims, and the differences in how Canada and the U.S. handle asylum seekers. The conversation also touches on recent changes in U.S. immigration policy under the Trump administration and how these changes affect Canada's responsibilities towards refugees. This episode is also brought to you by the Métis Nation of Ontario. In 1967, government officials ordered a Métis village on Agawa Bay to move to clear room a provincial park. For generations, Métis families had lived along the shores of Lake Superior. Suddenly, they were forced to pack their belongings, and then, the government officials burned their homes. These Métis families, already pushed off their River Lots in Sault Ste. Marie generations earlier, had no choice but to leave. But they did not disappear. The Métis of Agawa Bay lost their homes, but never their identity. For more, go to https://www.ontariometisfacts.com/, and check out the brand-new song here https://youtu.be/uhsILAMMi2U?si=jicYoUpoH7LHbZ8F about this story by Métis singer-songwriter Amanda Rheaume “One of These Days.” Adam Sadinsky recaps the complexities of the Safe Third Country Agreement and its implications for asylum seekers in Canada. He highlights the challenges faced by refugees, the capacity limits of the Canadian refugee system, and the political dynamics surrounding immigration policy. The discussion also touches on legal challenges to the agreement and the need for reforms to better accommodate those seeking refuge in Canada.As always, like and subscribe. And we'll see you next week for the next installment of On The Line.

„Každá migrace je vítězstvím ducha,“ poznamenává Paul Collier, ekonom, který se dlouhodobě zabývá i etickými otázkami migrace. Vítězství ducha bývají vyčerpávající a občas i smutná. V nádherné knize Migrant o tom vydává svědectví Günther Anders, filosof, esejista a spisovatel, který prchal spolu s manželkou Hannou Arendtovou a prastrýcem Walterem Benjaminem z válečné Evropy do Spojených států. Osudy těchto tří intelektuálů se postupně rozpojily. Hannah Arendtová se uchytla ve Spojených státech, začala psát v angličtině, stala se jednou z nejvýraznějších intelektuálkou druhé poloviny dvacátého století a s Andersem se rozvedla. Walter Benjamin cestou do Spojených států spáchal sebevraždu. Günther Anders k tomu ve své knize Migrant poznamenává: „Skutečně se umírá jen doma.“ Autor tím míní, že migrant ztrácí ochrannou sféru svých blízkých, známých i starosti druhých. Ve své knize zdůrazňuje, že migrující člověk snadno a lehce umírá i proto, že existence stojí na uznání druhých. Migrant z tohoto paktu – aspoň na nějakou dobu – vypadává a jeho bytí se tím umenšuje a ztenčuje. I to může být důvod, proč snáze onemocní, proč snáze ztrácí půdu pod nohama. Pro Günthera Anderse byla migrace příliš stresující. Nikdy se plně integrovat ani nechtěl. Viděl v tom ztrátu sebe sama. Po druhé světové válce se vrátil domů. Cítil, že když koktá v jazyce, koktá i v existenci.Oslava, včetně té filozofické oslavy jinakosti a změny, v druhé polovině dvacátého století nebere v potaz, jak závislí jsme na kořenech, identitě, domovu, a jak náročné je vítězství migrace. Představa, že kdokoli může žít kdekoli, je v moderně unikátní, ale modernu také proto činí tak náročnou a konfliktní, na rovině společnosti i jednotlivců. Srovnáme-li současnou migraci s migrací během druhé světové války, jsou to přirozeně v mnoha ohledech odlišné situace, ale některé „existenciály“ migrace, tak jak je definuje Anders ve své knize, mohou platit pro Syřany v Německu stejně jako Ukrajince v Česku. Podstatné je, že Anders nekončí pesimisticky. Zkušenost migrace jej naučila jednu podstatnou dovednost: snášet to, že člověk nezapadá. Migrace nám navíc umožňuje zakoušet něco podstatného: absolutní nezajištěnost vlastní existence. Člověk – každý člověk – je animal migrans, živočich v pohybu. Nikdy svá přesvědčení, z nichž žije, nepřevede na absolutní pravdy, stále musí migrovat a hledat správnější, adekvátnější postoje. Zůstáváme v pohybu, protože jistota je nelidská. Ale má-li být tato přirozená nejistota snesitelná, potřebujeme kořeny. Jak říká rakouský filozof Jean Améry: „Člověk potřebuje hodně domova, aby jej neměl zapotřebí.“ KapitolyI. Více je pro migranta méně. [úvod až 16:05]II. Etika zavřených i otevřených hranic [16:05 až 30:40]III. Koktající existence Günthera Anderse [30:40 až 51:00]IV. Dilemata etiky a politiky: Co lze žádat od občanů? Co od migrantů? [51:00 až závěr]BibliografieGünther Anders, Der Immigrant, Müchen: Beck Verlag, 2022.Paul Collier, Exodus: Immigration and Multiculturalism in the 21st Century, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.Emmanuel Levinas, Etika a nekonečno, přel. V. Dvořáková – M. Reichert, Praha 2009.Tereza Matějčková, „Všichni jsme bez tváře“, in: Reflexe, 56/2019, str. 181–187, https://www.reflexe.cz/Reflexe_56/Vsichni_jsme_bez_tvare._K_textu_J._Bierhanzla/Refl_2019_56_0181.pdfDavid Miller, Strangers in Our Midst: The Political Philosophy of Immigration, Harvard: Harvard University Press, 2016.Peter Singer, Renata Singer, „The Ethics of Refugee Policy“, in: James Fishkin, Robert E. Goodin (eds.), Population and Political Theory, Oxford: Malden, 2010, str. 285–304.Celý podcast sledujte na http://www.Echoprime.cz

From April 9, 2016: This week on the podcast, we welcome Eric Schwartz, the Dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Schwartz previously served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration. In our conversation, he sketches the key aspects of U.S. refugee policy, explaining how it both protects the security of the United States and at times undermines its ability to accept refugees. Schwartz, who believes the United States has an interest in alleviating the Syrian refugee crisis, outlines what a coherent refugee policy would look like, and argues that the reforms must go beyond simply accepting more refugees.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Only a Few Blocks to Cuba: Cold War Refugee Policy, the Cuban Diaspora, and the Transformations of Miami (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024), Mauricio Castro shows how the U.S. government came to view Cuban migration to Miami as a strategic asset during the Cold War, in the process investing heavily in the city's development and shaping its future as a global metropolis. When Cuban refugees fleeing Communist revolution began to arrive in Miami in 1959, the city was faced with a humanitarian crisis it was ill-equipped to handle and sought to have the federal government solve what local politicians clearly viewed as a Cold War geopolitical problem. In response, the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, and their successors, provided an unprecedented level of federal largesse and freedom of transit to these refugees.  The changes to the city this investment wrought were as impactful and permanent as they were unintended. What was meant to be a short-term geopolitical stratagem instead became a new reality in South Florida. A growing and increasingly powerful Cuban community contested their place in Miami and navigated challenges like bilingualism, internal political disputes, socioeconomic polarization, and ongoing struggles and negotiations with Washington and Havana in the decades that followed. This contested process, argues Mauricio Castro, not only transformed South Florida, but American foreign policy and the calculus of national politics. Castro uses extensive archival research in local and national sources to demonstrate that the Cuban diaspora and Cold War refugee policy made South Florida a key space to understanding the shifting landscape of the late twentieth century. In this way, Miami serves as an example of both the lived effects of defense spending in urban spaces and of how local communities can shape national politics and international relations. American politics, foreign relations, immigration policy, and urban development all intersected on the streets of Miami. Mauricio Castro is Assistant Professor of History at Centre College. Katie Coldiron is the Outreach Program Manager for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and PhD student in History at Florida International University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/latino-studies

In Only a Few Blocks to Cuba: Cold War Refugee Policy, the Cuban Diaspora, and the Transformations of Miami (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024), Mauricio Castro shows how the U.S. government came to view Cuban migration to Miami as a strategic asset during the Cold War, in the process investing heavily in the city's development and shaping its future as a global metropolis. When Cuban refugees fleeing Communist revolution began to arrive in Miami in 1959, the city was faced with a humanitarian crisis it was ill-equipped to handle and sought to have the federal government solve what local politicians clearly viewed as a Cold War geopolitical problem. In response, the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, and their successors, provided an unprecedented level of federal largesse and freedom of transit to these refugees.  The changes to the city this investment wrought were as impactful and permanent as they were unintended. What was meant to be a short-term geopolitical stratagem instead became a new reality in South Florida. A growing and increasingly powerful Cuban community contested their place in Miami and navigated challenges like bilingualism, internal political disputes, socioeconomic polarization, and ongoing struggles and negotiations with Washington and Havana in the decades that followed. This contested process, argues Mauricio Castro, not only transformed South Florida, but American foreign policy and the calculus of national politics. Castro uses extensive archival research in local and national sources to demonstrate that the Cuban diaspora and Cold War refugee policy made South Florida a key space to understanding the shifting landscape of the late twentieth century. In this way, Miami serves as an example of both the lived effects of defense spending in urban spaces and of how local communities can shape national politics and international relations. American politics, foreign relations, immigration policy, and urban development all intersected on the streets of Miami. Mauricio Castro is Assistant Professor of History at Centre College. Katie Coldiron is the Outreach Program Manager for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and PhD student in History at Florida International University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In Only a Few Blocks to Cuba: Cold War Refugee Policy, the Cuban Diaspora, and the Transformations of Miami (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024), Mauricio Castro shows how the U.S. government came to view Cuban migration to Miami as a strategic asset during the Cold War, in the process investing heavily in the city's development and shaping its future as a global metropolis. When Cuban refugees fleeing Communist revolution began to arrive in Miami in 1959, the city was faced with a humanitarian crisis it was ill-equipped to handle and sought to have the federal government solve what local politicians clearly viewed as a Cold War geopolitical problem. In response, the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, and their successors, provided an unprecedented level of federal largesse and freedom of transit to these refugees.  The changes to the city this investment wrought were as impactful and permanent as they were unintended. What was meant to be a short-term geopolitical stratagem instead became a new reality in South Florida. A growing and increasingly powerful Cuban community contested their place in Miami and navigated challenges like bilingualism, internal political disputes, socioeconomic polarization, and ongoing struggles and negotiations with Washington and Havana in the decades that followed. This contested process, argues Mauricio Castro, not only transformed South Florida, but American foreign policy and the calculus of national politics. Castro uses extensive archival research in local and national sources to demonstrate that the Cuban diaspora and Cold War refugee policy made South Florida a key space to understanding the shifting landscape of the late twentieth century. In this way, Miami serves as an example of both the lived effects of defense spending in urban spaces and of how local communities can shape national politics and international relations. American politics, foreign relations, immigration policy, and urban development all intersected on the streets of Miami. Mauricio Castro is Assistant Professor of History at Centre College. Katie Coldiron is the Outreach Program Manager for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and PhD student in History at Florida International University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

In Only a Few Blocks to Cuba: Cold War Refugee Policy, the Cuban Diaspora, and the Transformations of Miami (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024), Mauricio Castro shows how the U.S. government came to view Cuban migration to Miami as a strategic asset during the Cold War, in the process investing heavily in the city's development and shaping its future as a global metropolis. When Cuban refugees fleeing Communist revolution began to arrive in Miami in 1959, the city was faced with a humanitarian crisis it was ill-equipped to handle and sought to have the federal government solve what local politicians clearly viewed as a Cold War geopolitical problem. In response, the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, and their successors, provided an unprecedented level of federal largesse and freedom of transit to these refugees.  The changes to the city this investment wrought were as impactful and permanent as they were unintended. What was meant to be a short-term geopolitical stratagem instead became a new reality in South Florida. A growing and increasingly powerful Cuban community contested their place in Miami and navigated challenges like bilingualism, internal political disputes, socioeconomic polarization, and ongoing struggles and negotiations with Washington and Havana in the decades that followed. This contested process, argues Mauricio Castro, not only transformed South Florida, but American foreign policy and the calculus of national politics. Castro uses extensive archival research in local and national sources to demonstrate that the Cuban diaspora and Cold War refugee policy made South Florida a key space to understanding the shifting landscape of the late twentieth century. In this way, Miami serves as an example of both the lived effects of defense spending in urban spaces and of how local communities can shape national politics and international relations. American politics, foreign relations, immigration policy, and urban development all intersected on the streets of Miami. Mauricio Castro is Assistant Professor of History at Centre College. Katie Coldiron is the Outreach Program Manager for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and PhD student in History at Florida International University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/latin-american-studies

In Only a Few Blocks to Cuba: Cold War Refugee Policy, the Cuban Diaspora, and the Transformations of Miami (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024), Mauricio Castro shows how the U.S. government came to view Cuban migration to Miami as a strategic asset during the Cold War, in the process investing heavily in the city's development and shaping its future as a global metropolis. When Cuban refugees fleeing Communist revolution began to arrive in Miami in 1959, the city was faced with a humanitarian crisis it was ill-equipped to handle and sought to have the federal government solve what local politicians clearly viewed as a Cold War geopolitical problem. In response, the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, and their successors, provided an unprecedented level of federal largesse and freedom of transit to these refugees.  The changes to the city this investment wrought were as impactful and permanent as they were unintended. What was meant to be a short-term geopolitical stratagem instead became a new reality in South Florida. A growing and increasingly powerful Cuban community contested their place in Miami and navigated challenges like bilingualism, internal political disputes, socioeconomic polarization, and ongoing struggles and negotiations with Washington and Havana in the decades that followed. This contested process, argues Mauricio Castro, not only transformed South Florida, but American foreign policy and the calculus of national politics. Castro uses extensive archival research in local and national sources to demonstrate that the Cuban diaspora and Cold War refugee policy made South Florida a key space to understanding the shifting landscape of the late twentieth century. In this way, Miami serves as an example of both the lived effects of defense spending in urban spaces and of how local communities can shape national politics and international relations. American politics, foreign relations, immigration policy, and urban development all intersected on the streets of Miami. Mauricio Castro is Assistant Professor of History at Centre College. Katie Coldiron is the Outreach Program Manager for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and PhD student in History at Florida International University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/caribbean-studies

In Only a Few Blocks to Cuba: Cold War Refugee Policy, the Cuban Diaspora, and the Transformations of Miami (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024), Mauricio Castro shows how the U.S. government came to view Cuban migration to Miami as a strategic asset during the Cold War, in the process investing heavily in the city's development and shaping its future as a global metropolis. When Cuban refugees fleeing Communist revolution began to arrive in Miami in 1959, the city was faced with a humanitarian crisis it was ill-equipped to handle and sought to have the federal government solve what local politicians clearly viewed as a Cold War geopolitical problem. In response, the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, and their successors, provided an unprecedented level of federal largesse and freedom of transit to these refugees.  The changes to the city this investment wrought were as impactful and permanent as they were unintended. What was meant to be a short-term geopolitical stratagem instead became a new reality in South Florida. A growing and increasingly powerful Cuban community contested their place in Miami and navigated challenges like bilingualism, internal political disputes, socioeconomic polarization, and ongoing struggles and negotiations with Washington and Havana in the decades that followed. This contested process, argues Mauricio Castro, not only transformed South Florida, but American foreign policy and the calculus of national politics. Castro uses extensive archival research in local and national sources to demonstrate that the Cuban diaspora and Cold War refugee policy made South Florida a key space to understanding the shifting landscape of the late twentieth century. In this way, Miami serves as an example of both the lived effects of defense spending in urban spaces and of how local communities can shape national politics and international relations. American politics, foreign relations, immigration policy, and urban development all intersected on the streets of Miami. Mauricio Castro is Assistant Professor of History at Centre College. Katie Coldiron is the Outreach Program Manager for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and PhD student in History at Florida International University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

In Only a Few Blocks to Cuba: Cold War Refugee Policy, the Cuban Diaspora, and the Transformations of Miami (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024), Mauricio Castro shows how the U.S. government came to view Cuban migration to Miami as a strategic asset during the Cold War, in the process investing heavily in the city's development and shaping its future as a global metropolis. When Cuban refugees fleeing Communist revolution began to arrive in Miami in 1959, the city was faced with a humanitarian crisis it was ill-equipped to handle and sought to have the federal government solve what local politicians clearly viewed as a Cold War geopolitical problem. In response, the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, and their successors, provided an unprecedented level of federal largesse and freedom of transit to these refugees.  The changes to the city this investment wrought were as impactful and permanent as they were unintended. What was meant to be a short-term geopolitical stratagem instead became a new reality in South Florida. A growing and increasingly powerful Cuban community contested their place in Miami and navigated challenges like bilingualism, internal political disputes, socioeconomic polarization, and ongoing struggles and negotiations with Washington and Havana in the decades that followed. This contested process, argues Mauricio Castro, not only transformed South Florida, but American foreign policy and the calculus of national politics. Castro uses extensive archival research in local and national sources to demonstrate that the Cuban diaspora and Cold War refugee policy made South Florida a key space to understanding the shifting landscape of the late twentieth century. In this way, Miami serves as an example of both the lived effects of defense spending in urban spaces and of how local communities can shape national politics and international relations. American politics, foreign relations, immigration policy, and urban development all intersected on the streets of Miami. Mauricio Castro is Assistant Professor of History at Centre College. Katie Coldiron is the Outreach Program Manager for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and PhD student in History at Florida International University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Only a Few Blocks to Cuba: Cold War Refugee Policy, the Cuban Diaspora, and the Transformations of Miami (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024), Mauricio Castro shows how the U.S. government came to view Cuban migration to Miami as a strategic asset during the Cold War, in the process investing heavily in the city's development and shaping its future as a global metropolis. When Cuban refugees fleeing Communist revolution began to arrive in Miami in 1959, the city was faced with a humanitarian crisis it was ill-equipped to handle and sought to have the federal government solve what local politicians clearly viewed as a Cold War geopolitical problem. In response, the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, and their successors, provided an unprecedented level of federal largesse and freedom of transit to these refugees.  The changes to the city this investment wrought were as impactful and permanent as they were unintended. What was meant to be a short-term geopolitical stratagem instead became a new reality in South Florida. A growing and increasingly powerful Cuban community contested their place in Miami and navigated challenges like bilingualism, internal political disputes, socioeconomic polarization, and ongoing struggles and negotiations with Washington and Havana in the decades that followed. This contested process, argues Mauricio Castro, not only transformed South Florida, but American foreign policy and the calculus of national politics. Castro uses extensive archival research in local and national sources to demonstrate that the Cuban diaspora and Cold War refugee policy made South Florida a key space to understanding the shifting landscape of the late twentieth century. In this way, Miami serves as an example of both the lived effects of defense spending in urban spaces and of how local communities can shape national politics and international relations. American politics, foreign relations, immigration policy, and urban development all intersected on the streets of Miami. Mauricio Castro is Assistant Professor of History at Centre College. Katie Coldiron is the Outreach Program Manager for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and PhD student in History at Florida International University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Only a Few Blocks to Cuba: Cold War Refugee Policy, the Cuban Diaspora, and the Transformations of Miami (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024), Mauricio Castro shows how the U.S. government came to view Cuban migration to Miami as a strategic asset during the Cold War, in the process investing heavily in the city's development and shaping its future as a global metropolis. When Cuban refugees fleeing Communist revolution began to arrive in Miami in 1959, the city was faced with a humanitarian crisis it was ill-equipped to handle and sought to have the federal government solve what local politicians clearly viewed as a Cold War geopolitical problem. In response, the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations, and their successors, provided an unprecedented level of federal largesse and freedom of transit to these refugees.  The changes to the city this investment wrought were as impactful and permanent as they were unintended. What was meant to be a short-term geopolitical stratagem instead became a new reality in South Florida. A growing and increasingly powerful Cuban community contested their place in Miami and navigated challenges like bilingualism, internal political disputes, socioeconomic polarization, and ongoing struggles and negotiations with Washington and Havana in the decades that followed. This contested process, argues Mauricio Castro, not only transformed South Florida, but American foreign policy and the calculus of national politics. Castro uses extensive archival research in local and national sources to demonstrate that the Cuban diaspora and Cold War refugee policy made South Florida a key space to understanding the shifting landscape of the late twentieth century. In this way, Miami serves as an example of both the lived effects of defense spending in urban spaces and of how local communities can shape national politics and international relations. American politics, foreign relations, immigration policy, and urban development all intersected on the streets of Miami. Mauricio Castro is Assistant Professor of History at Centre College. Katie Coldiron is the Outreach Program Manager for the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) and PhD student in History at Florida International University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There was quite a heated exchange in Tynwald this month about government's policy relating to accepting refugees. Minister Kate Lord Brennan was surprisingly robust in defending the Cabinet Office's approach and this led to several members including the mover of the motion Joney Faragher giving as good as they got. On Agenda this week we hear from both protagonists and get seasoned politician Juan Watterson's take on how the apparent misunderstandings may have occurred. A heated debate to warm this dark January evening.

Compensation claims loom as the High Court frees stateless offenders including murderers and rapists, and the Government scrambles to respond. Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Australian's app. This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet, and edited by Lia Tsamoglou. Original music is composed by Jasper Leak.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Lannon, chief executive of Dorás reacts to proposals to place a cap on the length of time refugees would be provided with accommodation from the Irish state.

Professor Maria Cristina Garcia talks about the United States' refugee policy since World War II. She speaks about qualifications to be a refugee and how those have changed as well as legislation governing quotas and procedures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RealClearPolitics national correspondent Susan Crabtree joins Washington bureau chief Carl Cannon to discuss her and co-author Anne Welty's reporting on the three-year saga of how 63 exiled Chinese Christians finally found asylum in the United States. Last Friday, the group arrived on U.S. soil after a tense week spent in a holding cell in Thailand with their fate hanging in the balance.

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha, Zane AlcornNewsreportsHeadline news reports.The presenters respond and discuss the following issues that have popped up in the news in the past week.Why the Greens abstained from Labor's inadequate housing bill currently being debated in the parliamentHysteria from the United States about UFOs and how it reflects a push to normalise millitarisation in our society.Uproar about RBA Chief Phillip Lowe and how he serves the interests of the rich & powerful.Interviews and DiscussionPamela Curr, long-time refugee advocate for more than 24 years responding and unpacking the announcement by the Albanese government that Thousands of refugees will be granted permanent visas. Pamela discussed the limitations of this announcement and how it will leave more than 10'000 refugees in limbo, and doesn't reflect a fundamental break from the ALP's policy on refugees. You can listen to the individual interview here.Discussion with the presenters about the Robodebt scheme implemented by the Coalition government and why it was ultimately deliberate policy to push the poor and the unemployed. You can listen to the individual discussion here.Zerebar Karimi, Kurdish community emergency aid campaigner in Australia discusses in a recorded interview via Green Left on how Turkish dictator President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is using the earthquake disaster as a weapon in his ongoing war on the Kurdish people. You can view a recording of the interview here.Upcoming events from the Activist CalendarHighlights from the Green Left Activist CalendarForum | Sovereignty, Treaty & First Nations Justice Monday, February 20, 6:30pm (meal from 6pm). With Lidia Thorpe & Gary Murray. Drill Hall, 26 Therry St, CityRadical book sale | 25% off everything! Saturday, February 25 — Saturday, March 4. New books, second-hand & sale books, t-shirts, badges, etc. Saturdays 10am-6pm, Sunday closed, Monday-Friday 11am-6pm. Resistance Centre, Level 5, 407 Swanston St, City (opposite RMIT).Saturday, February 25, Rally | Migrants & refugees welcome! Nazi gyms are not! 1pm. Sunshine Station  

Oxana Shevel, Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, discusses Ukrainian national identity, diversity, pluralism, changes since 2014 and since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022 and optimism for Ukraine's future.  Russia's annexation of Crimea and incursions into Urkaine in 2014 caused "the part of the country that was the most pro-Russian to get cut off from voting in Ukraine's elections" and at the same time "this open Russian aggression turned more people away from Russia in their attitudes"  from "trying to keep Ukraine in Russia's sphere of influence - Putin has achieved exactly the opposite" Oxana Shevel on Migration, Refugee Policy and State Building in Postcommunist Europe Oxana Shevel on The Politics of Dual Citizenship in Post-Soviet States Oxana Shevel on Facts, the Fog of War and Identity  Follow Oxana on twitter: @oxanashevel For episode updates - follow on twitter: @jessicagenauer

This week marks the 5th anniversary of the biggest migration of Rohingya refugees who faced what the UN calls state-sponsored ethnic genocide in their homes in Rakine state, as more than 700,000 fled to neighbouring Bangladesh and other countries around the world. The issue has reopened the debate over India's refugee policy, especially after a tweet by Minister for Urban Development praising India's decision to house Rohingyas, which was quickly cut down by the Minister for Home Affairs. Read more

Latvia is under fire for blocking hundreds of refugees on its border. A new allegation casts light on what some call a double standard that violates human rights. Amnesty International says that Latvia welcomed in more than 34,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine. However, refugees mainly from Iraq and Afghanistan, were left to fend for themselves on the border from Belarus. Is this a policy of discrimination? And how does Latvia defend the practice? Guests: Ieva Raubisko Asylum and Migration Policy Analyst Maris Andzans Director of the Center for Geopolitical Studies Riga Juris Kaza Journalist

On today's show, we chat with Paul Muyres, an agronomist and the president of Solid Ground Solutions about the federal government's goal to reduce fertilizer emissions. Plus, businesses are trying to do more with less. We chat with Michael Veall, an economist at McMaster University who is leading a team of researchers and working with Statistics Canada to bolster Canadian productivity on solving the productivity puzzle. Also, there is no way of tracking medical staff shortages in Canada and a doctor is hoping to change that. We chat with Dr. Ivy Bourgeault, a research chair in gender, diversity and the professions at the University of Ottawa, and lead of the Canadian Health Workforce Network — a research group that studies human health resources. Plus, Ukrainian refugees are running into red tape while trying to get into Canada. We find out more from Robert Falconer,  researcher of Immigration and Refugee Policy at the University of Calgary.

Robert Falconer, Researcher in Immigration and Refugee Policy, University of Calgary

Time Schedule:  140 minutesSummary of Topics Covered:Lesson and stories from six decades practicing lawProsecutorial discretionSmall town problem solving for lawyersLearning from MistakesSeizing opportunitiesInstructor Hon. Alan K. Simpson, Esq. BioHon. Alan Simpson served in the U.S. Senate (R-Wyoming) from January 1979 to 1997, where he was the Assistant Republican Leader, 1984-1994; Chairman of the Subcommittee of Immigration and Refugee Policy of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 1980-1984; Nuclear Regulation Subcommittee of Environmental and Public Works, 1980-1984; Chairman of the Subcommittee on Social Security and member of the Committee on Aging; Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, 1980-1984. From 1994-1996, he was a member of the Finance Committee; 1965-1977, Wyoming State Legislature, 1965-1978, Assistant Majority Leader, Majority Leader, and Speaker Pro Tem.Mr. Simpson served as Assistant Attorney General, State of Wyoming in 1959, and was City Attorney of Cody, Wyoming, from 1959-1969. Partner: Simpson & Simpson (with father Milward L. Simpson who also served as Governor and U.S. Senator for Wyoming ); Simpson Kepler & Simpson, 1960-1978. Additionally, Mr. Simpson served in the U.S. Army, 1st Lieutenant, 2nd Armored Division “Hell on the Wheels” and the 5th Division, U.S. Armed Forces, Germany.Alan Simpson is currently with the Washington Speakers Bureau in Washington, D.C. He is a very popular speaker and travels the country and abroad to speak to a wide variety of groups and associations regarding current affairs and politics in remarks entitled “Politics is a Contact Sport”.Mr. Alan Simpson is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming.Mr. Simpson was a member of the Board of Visitors for the Folger-Shakespeare Library and the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. 1994-1996. From 1998 to 2000 Mr. Simpson was the Director of the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; and he was a Visiting Lecturer at the Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy, 1997-2000.Mr. Simpson served on the Board of Trustees of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1996 and he has been a member of the Screen Actor's Guild since 1994. He served on the Board of Directors for the Biogen Corporation (now BiogenIDEC Corporation), Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1997-2004 and he was a member of the Board of Directors of American Express Funds, now RiverSource Funds, a subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1997 through 2006.In March 2010, Mr. Simpson was appointed by the President as the Co-Chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and he also served on the ten-member Iraq Study Group formed under the auspices of the congressionally chartered U.S. Institute of Peace in 2006.J.D., University of Wyoming, 1958B.S., University of Wyoming, 1954

Hear author and journalist David Marr lead a discussion about Australia's refugee policy, with Kaldor Centre Director Jane McAdam AO, After the Tampa author Abbas Nazari, and Guardian Australia journalist Ben Doherty. In the two decades since the Tampa affair, Australia's asylum policies and politics have become even harsher. How should Australia respond to the people forced from their homes by conflicts, disasters or the impacts of climate change, or who are already living in Australia in detention or endless uncertainty? How can we do better? In the wake of the federal election, this distinguished panel appraised where we've come from and what the future holds for people seeking Australia's protection. This event was presented by the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW Sydney.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Europe has shown a big welcome to refugees from Ukraine. The Inside Geneva podcast asks whether this generosity will be extended to others.Podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by refugee policy experts.“The Ukraine crisis has really humanised the refugee issue, people have been able to see women, children, men in extremely difficult circumstances,” says Jeff Crisp, an expert on refugee policy with the University of Oxford's Refugee Studies Centre.“As someone who understands the horrors of war very well, I was so happy to see countries in Europe opening their borders to Ukrainian refugees. But the question is: what was happening before that?” asks refugee and activist Nhial Deng.According to the UN, 100 million people worldwide are currently forcibly displaced. Are we really honouring the 1951 Refugee Convention, which outlines the rights of refugees and the obligations of states to protect them?“We do need to continue education and commitment to these principles, because we never know when they're going to be needed,” says Gillian Triggs, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at the UN Refugee Agency.

This week, Marisa presents Doin' Time from Dja Dja Wurrung country. First up on the show, she interviews Chris Breen from the Refugee Action Collective, about the good, the bad and the ugly of the new Labor Government's policies regarding refugees and asylum seekers -- despite many hard-fought wins by on-the-ground refugee activism, and Labor's promise to provide permanent visas to those on temporary and SHEV visas, there is still a long way to go:  Labor's deterrent approach is currently neglecting the >10,000 people on bridging visas, Medevac refugees, children of families on Nauru, the 9,700 refugees already rejected by the fast-track system (and were not even allowed an interview), the number of people remaining in offshore detention, and those in Indonesia.  He discusses the contradictory attitude of this government who, on the same day of announcing the Murugappan family's return to Biloela in central QLD, turned their first boat back to Sri Lanka.  You can tell the Albanese government to do more by attending the rally ahead of world refugee day: 1pm June 18th, State Library of Victoria. Later, Marisa speaks with Josephine Langbien, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, about their recent media release:  "[We have] welcomed the appointment of Claire O'Neill as the Minister of Home Affairs and Andrew Giles as the Minister of Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs and have called on them to take action to end a decade of cruelty against refugees and people seeking safety".  She discusses the years of cruelty, mistreatment and neglect that has been an intentional policy against people seeking safety and protection, and the opportunity this cabinet change offers to bring fairness and dignity to our refugee policy.  Josephine details the five specific steps the HRLC is hopeful the new government can address as priority areas for change: Ending the use of temporary protectionShutting down offshore detentionAddressing the crisis in immigration detention within AustraliaBringing families back togetherRestoring our humanitarian resettlement program Lastly, Marisa invites Nerita Waight, proud Yorta Yorta woman and CEO of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, on the program.  Nerita has been with VALS for almost a decade and has a vast amount of experience as both a lawyer and a social justice advocate. She discusses the case challenging aged pension discrimination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as it heads to Full Federal Court later this year. She highlights the need for fair and equal access to benefits for Aboriginal people who commonly do not reach pension age by virtue of lower life expectancy. Until this life expectancy gap is properly addressed, Aboriginal people have the right to retire with dignity; she notes that this change would also improve economic participation, financial security and the overall wellbeing of people who can no longer work.  Marisa ends the program by reading a media release entitled Routine strip searching of children in Tasmanian jails to end.Tune in next week for our Radiothon special program, and please donate if you can. Your donation directly supports community owned and community run media free of corporate control: To donate you can call (03) 9419 8377 during business hours, or online at 3cr.org.au/donate  

A livestream panel event held on 24 May 2022 in the wake of the Australian federal election. Author and journalist David Marr leads a discussion about Australia's refugee policy, with Kaldor Centre Director Jane McAdam AO, author Abbas Nazari, and Guardian Australia journalist Ben Doherty. Abbas Nazari's memoir, 'After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand' is published by Allen & Unwin and available from all good bookstores.

The last time Europe saw millions of migrants flee across borders in search of refuge was during World War II. During the first five weeks of Russia's onslaught on Ukraine, approximately five million refugees fled westward, with Poland receiving the lion's share. Countless more people have been displaced within Ukraine. In response, the EU activated for the first time a policy developed two decades ago known as the Temporary Protection Directive. Guests: Achilles Skordas Senior Fellow at the Max Planck Institute Edouard Rodier NRC Europe Director

Biden's “new and improved” procedure for admitting Ukrainian refugees to the U.S. is “disgraceful." Historian and Nation contributor, David Nasaw joins us to discuss the shortcomings of the policy, and how it excludes all asylum-seekers who aren't white and European. Also: Abortion and its opponents. Do opponents of abortion really believe abortion providers are “baby-killers”? There's some new research about that that found opponents help family members and friends get abortions. Katha Pollitt explains.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Name: Mike DavisCurrent title: Head of SchoolCurrent organisation: Colorado AcademyDr. Mike Davis is the eleventh Head of School in Colorado Academy's more than 110-year history. He has led the CA community in collaborative and innovative projects around curriculum and 21st-century skill-building, teaching, technology, school culture, and administrative structure. He has fostered prudent stewardship of the school's financial and physical assets and led the school in funding and building best-in-class facilities across 97 acres of campus. Under his leadership, CA has expanded both its experiential and global education offerings, broadened the school's work in equity and inclusivity, and maintained a mission-based balance of academics, arts, and athletics. Dr. Davis came to CA after serving as Head of the Upper School at St. Stephen's Episcopal, a co-ed boarding and day school in Austin, Texas. There, he also chaired the History Department, and the Curriculum Committee, and directed the school's Outdoor Education Program. An outdoor enthusiast, rock climber, skier, and cyclist, Dr. Davis continues to lead student adventures and has logged nearly 150 outdoor trips, from the canyons of Utah to the mountains of rural Haiti. Known for his subject matter expertise, he is a frequent presenter at the National Association of Independent Schools and is on the faculty of NAIS's Aspiring Heads Institute since 2017.  In Colorado, he serves on the Association for Colorado Independent Schools Board, helped to establish school standards, and has chaired and co-chaired numerous school evaluation teams. At CA, Dr. Davis teaches Upper School history courses including “Vietnam,” and “The War on Terror.”  Mike has a doctorate in American History from Vanderbilt University, where he wrote his dissertation on U.S. Immigration and Refugee Policy during the Cold War and the creation of the 1965 Immigration Act, which governs immigration law today.Resources mentioned in this episode:Free Download of The Leadership Survival Guide (10 World-Class Leaders Reveal Their Secrets)The Leadership Conversations PodcastThe Jonno White Leadership PodcastThe Leadership Question of the Day PodcastClarity Website7 Questions on Leadership SeriesWe'd Love To Interview YOU In Our 7 Questions On Leadership Series!Subscribe To Clarity's Mailing ListJonno White's eBook Step Up or Step OutJonno White's Book Step Up or Step Out (Amazon)

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Political correspondent Tal Schneider and Diaspora affairs correspondent Judah Ari Gross join host Amanda Borschel-Dan. Schneider update us on Israel's shuttle diplomacy after yesterday Prime Minister Naftali Bennett held back-to-back phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Next, Israel has been working on putting up a field hospital along Ukraine's border, but it has hit some snags. What is going on? Gross explains how Israel is stepping up for the potential influx of tens of thousands of new immigrants. How is Israel changing its policy to accommodate more potential immigrants, faster? Relatedly, we hear about next-level concerns regarding refugees, now that Israel is opening the doors to increasing numbers. Also, how the Minister of Immigration and Absorption responded to the easing of Ukrainians' paths to Israel. And finally, Schneider brings us the tale of Rabbi Marc Schneier, an influential and controversial rabbi to American celebrities and Gulf sheikhs alike, and his role in bringing Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan together. And we should note, it's been confirmed. Discussed articles include: Live blog March 15, 2022 Bennett holds back-to-back phone calls with Putin, Zelensky on ceasefire efforts Israel rolls out plan to help incoming waves of new immigrants Israel to significantly shorten entry process for would-be immigrants from Ukraine Hundreds of new immigrants from Ukraine arrive Sunday in largest one-day airlift Behind Israel's rekindled flame with Turkey, a rabbi with a penchant for matchmaking Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. This Times of Israel podcast is sponsored by Thirty-Six, in which host Justin Hayet scours Israel to find the 36 most wonderful, interesting people doing the most wonderful, interesting things. Subscribe to Thirty-Six on your favorite podcast platform. IMAGE: Israeli Ministry of Aliyah and Absorption arrives for a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, March 14, 2022. (Jack Guez/Pool via AP) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guardian political columnist John Harris is joined by Guardian columnists Rafael Behr and Zoe Williams to discuss the growing refugee crisis – more than 2 million people have now fled Ukraine – and the government's ban on Russian oil imports. What could this mean for net zero targets?To listen to Jonathan Freedland's podcast Politics Weekly America, search ‘Politics Weekly America' on Apple, Spotify, Acast or wherever you get your podcasts. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

Home Office announces changes to the Ukraine refugee policy

How do we stop refugee advocates from being tokenised and ensure that their unique skillset is recognised?

Evan Taparata is a postdoctoral fellow at the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University. Evan is currently authoring his latest book “State of Refuge: The Origins of Refugee Law and Policy in the United States”. In this edition, he explores the origins of American refugee law in the years after World War II and how immigration policy in the past and present has centered around the interests of the U.S. settler state. So today we discuss its historical implications, and how sentiments around settlement have developed throughout the 20th century.

The Ellison Center presents the panel, "Challenges to the Post-Cold War Order: Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan" on Feb. 1, 2022. Speakers: Oxana Shevel, Associate Professor - Political Science (Tufts University) Oxana Shevel is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University where her research and teaching focuses on Ukraine and the post-Soviet region. Her current research projects examine the sources of citizenship policies in the post-Communist states and religious politics in Ukraine. Her research interests also include comparative memory politics and the politics of nationalism and nation-building. She is the author of award-winning Migration, Refugee Policy, and State Building in Postcommunist Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2011), which examines how the politics of national identity and strategies of the UNHCR shape refugee admission policies in the post-Communist region. Shevel's research appeared in a variety of journals, including Comparative Politics, Current History, East European Politics and Societies, Europe-Asia Studies, Geopolitics, Nationality Papers, Post-Soviet Affairs, Political Science Quarterly, Slavic Review and in edited volumes. She is a member of PONARS Eurasia scholarly network, a country expert on Ukraine for Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT), and an associate of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute and of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. She currently serves as President of the American Association for Ukrainian Studies (AAUS) and Vice President of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN). Dmitry Gorenburg, Senior Research Scientist (CNA) Dmitry Gorenburg is an expert on security issues in the former Soviet Union, Russian military reform, Russian foreign policy, and ethnic politics and identity. His recent research topics include decision-making processes in the senior Russian leadership, Russian naval strategy in the Pacific and the Black Sea, and Russian maritime defense doctrine. Gorenburg is author of "Nationalism for the Masses: Minority Ethnic Mobilization in the Russian Federation" (Cambridge University Press, 2003), and has been published in journals such as World Politics and Post-Soviet Affairs. In addition to his role at CNA, he currently serves as editor of Problems of Post-Communism and is an Associate of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. (Read more) Carol Williams, Journalist; Former LA Times Moscow Bureau Chief Carol J. Williams is a retired foreign correspondent living near Seattle with her husband and a tuxedo cat. She covered revolution and war for 30-plus years for Associated Press and Los Angeles Times, from USSR/Russia, Eastern Europe, Afghanistan, Iraq and Ukraine. She has been awarded more than a dozen international honors, including a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1994. Retired from mainstream journalism, she curates “World Briefing by CJ Williams” on Twitter @cjwilliamslat, writes foreign affairs commentary for Seattle website www.postalley.org, and speaks on press freedom and foreign policy at events held by civic groups, libraries and her alma mater, University of Washington's Jackson School of International Studies. Moderator: Scott Radnitz, Ellison Center Director. This panel is hosted by the Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Human Rights Watch has released its report for 2022, and the verdict is not good for Australia.The group says Australia's inaction on climate change and the treatment of asylum seekers are two human rights issues of particular concern. - Çawdêrî Mafî Mirov (Human Rights Watch) raportî 2022yan bllaw kirduwe te we, u encamekey baş nîye bo Australya.Grupeke delêt kar ne kirdinî Australya le ser gorranî klîme u çawdêrî penaberekan 2 kêşey mafî mirovin wa metirsîdarin.

Human Rights Watch has released its report for 2022 and the verdict is not good for Australia.

We talked about:- 1] India's refugee policy. 2] Card tokenisation norms by RBI. 3] Digital Public Goods. 4] Madan Mohan Malviya. 5] Election spending norms. Thanks to @nschoppa for guest appearance.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! I had a great time with my guest this week who joined by for my last interview from Accra for the year. We met via another stamped and sealed Glocal Citizen Asare Adjei [Glocal Citizens - Asare Adjei] and what a pleasure is was meeting this trailblazer! Nyamal Tutdeal is a former refugee from South Sudan resettled in the United States with her family. She has worked with various immigrants, migrants, refugees, indigenous communities, and women groups, both domestically and internationally. She is a notable international speaker and an advocate for displaced communities. Her advocacy work took her to the White House during President Obama's term in office. She has hosted cultural events and facilitates dialogue on conflict resolution, antiracist/race relations and peacebuilding. She is also a mediator and teaches mediation, conflict coaching, restorative justice and conflict transformation. Nyamal is the co-founder and Executive Director of the NyaEden Foundation, an Adjunct Professor at Arcadia University and Director of Equity and Inclusion for CORA Services, a Nonprofit in Pennsylvania. She previously served as the policy director for Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalitions, a Nonprofit working on immigrants and refugees issues, and currently sits on the board. She holds a B.A. in Human Relations, an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution. Nyamal is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis & Resolution at Nova Southeastern University. A hallmark of Nyamal's technical approach is humor which she shared generously--we had great fun and many laughs during the interview. You're invited to laugh along as we journey with Nyamal for her native lands to the US! Where to find Nyamal? [NYAEDEN FOUNDATION (www.nyaeden.org) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyamal-tutdeal-a76b44b3/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nyamal_tutdeal/) On Twitter (https://twitter.com/maltutdeal) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mal.tutdeal) Shades of Injera (https://www.instagram.com/shadesofinjera/?hl=en) What's Nyamal reading? Children of Blood and Bone (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B075JJDRZW&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_RR21E4KQRN55F1AT3KQ3) by Tomi Adeyemi Americanah (https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0307455920/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_MP85RFZSWA8HEK2MVX0B) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Other topics of interest: Nuer People (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuer_people) White Fragility (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B07K356517&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_MQQGYZB7NBCTJPDQHEAZ) Jessica .B Harris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_B._Harris) and High on the Hog (https://www.netflix.com/title/81034518) Ponca People (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponca) Jesus and Jollof (https://www.youtube.com/c/JesusandJollof/videos) *When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support! Special Guest: Nyamal Tutdeal.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! I had a great time with my guest this week who joined me for my last interview from Accra for the year. We met via another stamped and sealed Glocal Citizen Asare Adjei [Glocal Citizens - Asare Adjei (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/asare-adjei)] and what a pleasure is was meeting this trailblazer! Nyamal Tutdeal is a former refugee from South Sudan resettled in the United States with her family. She has worked with various immigrants, migrants, refugees, indigenous communities, and women groups, both domestically and internationally. She is a notable international speaker and an advocate for displaced communities. Her advocacy work took her to the White House during President Obama's term in office. She has hosted cultural events and facilitates dialogue on conflict resolution, antiracist/race relations and peacebuilding. She is also a mediator and teaches mediation, conflict coaching, restorative justice and conflict transformation. Nyamal is the co-founder and Executive Director of the NyaEden Foundation, an Adjunct Professor at Arcadia University and Director of Equity and Inclusion for CORA Services, a Nonprofit in Pennsylvania. She previously served as the policy director for Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalitions, a Nonprofit working on immigrants and refugees issues, and currently sits on the board. She holds a B.A. in Human Relations, an M.A. in International Peace and Conflict Resolution. Nyamal is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis & Resolution at Nova Southeastern University. A hallmark of Nyamal's technical approach is humor which she shared generously--we had great fun and many laughs during the interview. You're invited to laugh along as we journey with Nyamal for her native lands to the US! Where to find Nyamal? [NYAEDEN FOUNDATION (www.nyaeden.org) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyamal-tutdeal-a76b44b3/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nyamal_tutdeal/) On Twitter (https://twitter.com/maltutdeal) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mal.tutdeal) Shades of Injera (https://www.instagram.com/shadesofinjera/?hl=en) What's Nyamal reading? Children of Blood and Bone (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B075JJDRZW&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_RR21E4KQRN55F1AT3KQ3) by Tomi Adeyemi Americanah (https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0307455920/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_MP85RFZSWA8HEK2MVX0B) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Other topics of interest: Nuer People (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuer_people) White Fragility (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B07K356517&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_MQQGYZB7NBCTJPDQHEAZ) Jessica .B Harris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_B._Harris) and High on the Hog (https://www.netflix.com/title/81034518) Ponca People (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponca) Jesus and Jollof (https://www.youtube.com/c/JesusandJollof/videos) *When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support! Special Guest: Nyamal Tutdeal.

President Biden's recent Declaration to raise the refugee arrival cap and news coverage of tens of thousands of Afghan families fleeing their country has us wondering just how prepared is the United States to welcome the newcomer?  After several years of steadily declining refugee admissions in the US, is the refugee-serving system able to handle an influx of newcomers? And what of the United States' role in a global response to displacement in places like Afghanistan and around the world?  Should we--and can we--lead by example?  To better understand these complex issues, we spoke Naomi Steinberg of HIAS and noted immigration attorney State Representative Joe Hohenstein.  Olha and Mohammed, two former refugees building new lives in Philadelphia, share their poignant stories of coming to America with not much more than their hopes and dreams.   Produced by JEVS Human Services PWPvideo

Professor Maria Cristina Garcia talked about the United States' refugee policy since World War II. She spoke about qualifications to be a refugee and how those have changed as well as legislation governing quotas and procedures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We think of citizenship as a binary category: you're either a citizen or you're not. But the levels of membership can be complex. Refugees and asylum seekers often find that the criteria for acceptance change, as states devise rationales to exclude them. Three Weatherhead Center sociologists reveal the motivations behind various immigration policies, from the colonial past to the present, and discuss the ethics and impact of open borders.In this episode, Elke Winter explains the different pathways to citizenship, not only for “economic immigrants” but also for refugees and asylum seekers. From an historical perspective, Anna Skarpelis reminds us that some groups have had citizenship imposed on them, in the case of territorial annexation. In the United States, asylum and immigration laws seem to change with each new administration, and Talia Shiff documents some of the impact of the recent changes during the Trump administration.After World War II, the UN Declaration of Human Rights established that all human beings have the right to basic food, shelter, and security, and the right to freedom of movement—even if they cannot access these rights in their own countries. But nations have likely always strayed from these humanitarian values as their geopolitical goals change. Our scholars show how strategic interests and even race come into play, unofficially, to drive prevailing immigration policies. Finally, our scholars delve into the philosophical and ethical context for having more open borders and touch on the economic impact of immigration. On a philosophical level, they raise the questions: What do we owe others? Can a nation redress its colonial legacy through immigration policy? Do developed nations have a moral obligation to those in poorer regions who are trying to find a secure home?With an estimated eighty million people on Earth in flux and looking for permanent settlement, our scholars stress that no single country can resolve this crisis on its own. Host:Erin Goodman, Director, Weatherhead Scholars Program.Guests:Talia Shiff, Affiliate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion. Assistant Professor, Tel Aviv University; Lecturer in Sociology, Harvard University.Anna Skarpelis, Affiliate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion. PhD, Department of Sociology, New York University.Elke Winter, William Lyon Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies, Canada Program; Affiliate, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion.Professor of Sociology, School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, University of Ottawa.Producer/Director:Michelle Nicholasen, Editor and Content Producer, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.Related Links:Us, Them and Others: Pluralism and National Identity in Diverse Societies by Elke Winter (University of Toronto Press, 2011)“Multicultural Citizenship for the Highly Skilled? Naturalization, Human Capital, and the Boundaries of Belonging in Canada's Middle-Class Nation-Building” by Elke Winter (Ethnicities, October 27, 2020)“When States Take Rights Back: Citizenship Revocation and Its Discontents” edited by Émilien Fargues, Elke Winter, Matthew J Gibney (Routledge, 2020)Country Report on Citizenship Law: Canada, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, by Elke Winter (2016)“Reconfiguring the Deserving Refugee: Cultural Categories of Worth and the Making of Refugee Policy” by Talia Shiff (Law & Society Review, January 29, 2020)“Revisiting Immutability: Competing Frameworks for Adjudicating Asylum Claims Based on Membership in a Particular Social Group” by Talia Shiff (University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, spring 2020)“Regulating Organizational Ambiguity: Unsettled screening categories and the making of US asylum policy” by Talia Shiff (Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, November 28, 2019)“What Is It Like to Be a Nazi? Racial Vision and Scientific Selves in German Portrait Photographic Practice” by Anna Skarpelis (book chapter in Against the Background of Social Reality: Defaults, Commonplaces and the Sociology of the Unmarked, edited by Carmelo Lombardo and Lorenzo Sabetta. Routledge, forthcoming)"Dresden Will Never Be Hiroshima: Morality, the Bomb and Far-Right Empathy for the Refugee" by Anna Skarpelis (book chapter in Far-Right Revisionism and the End of History: Alt/Histories, edited by Louie Dean Valencia-García. Routledge, 2020)Music credits:Rainbow Bridge by Siddhartha Corsus is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Choir by XendomArts https://pixabay.com/users/xendomarts-11117859/Follow the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs:WCFIA WebsiteEpicenter WebsiteTwitterFacebookSimplecastSoundcloudVimeo

Dr. Farley interviews Dana Lea, and alumna of the program who has worked in refugee policy for several years.  Farley and Lea discuss the impact of the pandemic, the changes wrought during the Trump presidency, and the current state of refugee and asylum claims at the US-Mexico border. The episode concludes with a look into a possible future for US refugee policy.

Professor Maria Cristina Garcia talked about the United States' refugee policy since World War II. She spoke about qualifications to be a refugee and how those have changed as well as legislation governing quotas and procedures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could America be on the cusp of a new Civil War? With Rush Limbaugh hinting upon such eventualities, we consider prospects and scenarios. How significant is this current tantrum on the Left? Meanwhile, Bill Kristol says the "lazy" white working class needs to be replaced by "new Americans." Notable "America Last" pundit David Brooks frets "we have offended the world" on Refugee Policy. Plus, a review of the new Keanu Reeves action film John Wick: Chapter 2. With Listener Calls and Music via Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison and Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.