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This #RefugeeWeek, we stand #WithRefugees 🧡
Read about the Oxford Sanctuary Community here and click through to more #RefugeeWeek events in Oxford:
https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/blog/celebrating-refugee-week-with-the-oxford-sanctuary-community-and-the-sanctuary-fair
#Courage
Film is one way the International Online School in Forced Migration brings different perspectives into conversation.
Participants join a screening of The Wait (2016), followed by discussion and Q&A with Dr Maher Abdul Aziz and Professor Dawn Chatty.
📅 22–26 June 2026
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Refugee Voices in Modern Global History: Reckoning with Refugeedom – join us this Wednesday for a book talk by Emeritus Professor Peter Gatrell
📍Oxford Department for International Development
📅5pm, 10 June 2026
Registration is not required
More info: https://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/events
At the International Online School in Forced Migration, learning goes beyond lectures. Discussion-led seminars give participants the chance to engage with ideas, ask challenging questions, and learn alongside peers from around the world.
Join the conversation.
📅 22–26 June 2026
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Visiting Fellow Michelle Pace will speak at this special #RefugeeWeek event. The discussion will explore how European states, cities and communities are reshaping asylum, bordering practices and the politics of belonging.
Register here:
https://bit.ly/4e8kL7F
We are looking forward to the events happening in Oxford as part of #RefugeeWeek, begining with the Sanctuary Fair this weekend.
Alumni Spotlight: International Online School in Forced Migration
Al-Rahim Moosa
“The School brought together political, moral, and legal perspectives in a cohesive and practically relevant way. The case study on Afghanistan was particularly impactful.”
Join us:
📅 22–26 June
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Natasha Treunen reflects on the courage of the students she works with in the Oxford Sanctuary Community, and outlines the programme for the Oxford Sanctuary Fair on 13 and 14 June.
‘Policies of eviction: making visible the EU border in Sicily’s rural areas’, a new open access article by Dr Maggie Neil in the journal Ethnic and Racial Studies:
Later this week is #RefugeeDay, and we're offering a #FreeToRead Chapter Sampler AND a 35% #SALE on ALL of our #RefugeeStudies & #MigrationStudies titles!
Browse sale here : bit.ly/4a3KBsl
Download Chapter Sampler here: bit.ly/3SH0lLT
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Next week, people around the UK will celebrate the contribution, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary as part of Refugee Week. To mark this, Natasha Treunen reflects on the courage of the students she works with in the Oxford Sanctuary Community, and outlines the vision and programme for the Oxford Sanctuary Fair on 13 and 14 June.
Across Italy, seasonal workers and others with migratory backgrounds live in informal settlements in rural areas. These settlements offer forms of autonomy and community alongside hardships. Italia...
