Who are we?
Welcome to the Centre for Refugee Studies Student Caucus!
We are an enthusiast energetic group of graduate students at York University studying, researching, and doing volunteer and advocacy work on refugee and forced migration issues. In most of the cases, it was the personal experience of being migrants or refugee ourselves that determined us to be deeply involved in the advancement of knowledge, deepening of policy contributions, and improvement of practices related to refugees and forced migration issues.
By refugee and forced migration studies we mean the displacement of populations and individuals across and within borders, for reasons of persecution, expulsion, violence, violation of fundamental human rights and loss of essential human security and livelihood. It covers not only accommodation, protection, and assistance for refugees through asylum, settlement, resettlement and reintegration, but also the prevention of displacement.
Our approach is inter and cross-disciplinary, and some of our main specializations include: political science, sociology, international development, women's studies, disaster management, geography, law, social work, etc.
Check the profiles of some of our members, and please join in (soon to come!)
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