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Refugee Literature

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Refugee literature refers to literary works, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and other forms of written expression, that focus on the experiences of refugees. These works often explore the challenges, struggles, and triumphs of individuals or groups who have been forced to leave their homes due to conflict, persecution, or other forms of hardship.

Behrouz Boochani, activism, no friends but the mountains

Literary Activism: Behrouz Boochani’s No Friend but the Mountains

Column

Odile Heynders

17/11/2020

6 minutes to read

Kurdish journalist / philosopher Behrouz Boochani spent nearly 5 years in a detainee camp on Manus island texting messages from a hidden mobile phone. The messages were composed to a literary novel, winning a prestigeous prize in 2018.

Fran Meissner on the datafication and marketization of migration - Babylon is Burning

Video

The Editors

31/08/2020

In this episode of Babylon is Burning, dr. Fran Meissner from Leiden University talks about the data that is being gathered about migrants, migration and migration flows.

Revisiting the 2013 Dutch Integration Law

Article

Boudewijn Henskens

Jan Dijsselbloem

28/06/2018

11 minutes to read

The DIY philosophy the state promotes for those who want to integrate in Dutch society has resulted in a 50% decrease in those who pass the exams in the regular timeframe. What has the policy's role been in this?

Pricetag for a 'better' life: tangible and intangible borders that refugees have to deal with

Paper

Ashna Coster

Jan Dijsselbloem

Laura Smits

Meauraine van Gorp

25/06/2018

15 minutes to read

Refugees pay for their escape from their motherland, in different ways, and in the worst case with their life. Governments pay for border control and legislations in 'collaboration' with transit states. But who is paying the highest price?

Have you ever been rejected?

Column

Max Spotti

07/06/2017

3 minutes to read

Building on the rejection versus approval dichotomy in asylum seeking procedures, this column deals with the dynamics of rejection and with bureaucratic rituals of indifference by contemporary immigration administrations.

Behind the Moving Stories: on the Refugee crisis and xenophobia

Column

Han Dou

16/03/2017

3 minutes to read

The story behind the so-called worst humanitarian crisis in history has a dark theme of fear and intolerance.

You are what you speak

Column

Max Spotti

06/02/2017

2 minutes to read

This column deals with newly arrived migrants, call them asylum seekers, refugees, foreign bodies or social security seekers if you like, still we will be dealing with human beings, their need for relocation and the power of accents.

Google, truths and asylum procedures

Article

Max Spotti

29/12/2016

7 minutes to read

Information provided by web resources has become indispensable to immigration officers assessing asylum claims. How does the internet affect the lives of those who seek asylum by making their identity proofs unconvincing?