Diaspora
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Export democracy to the Greek diaspora – an oxymoron!
Australia is a beacon of democracy, and has embedded similar values and an institutional framework to those of the ancient…
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Crowdfunding a War: The Money behind Myanmar’s Resistance
Fundraisers should take steps to shield contributors from retribution, while international donors should work with local groups to channel aid…
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Packed-out lecture hears Behrouz Boochani talk of freedom
Refugee Advice and Casework service with the University of New South Wales Centre for Ideas and the Kaldor Centre for…
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Harvard University appoints Claudine Gay as school’s first Black president
Gay is the first person of color and the second woman to hold the role of Harvard University’s president. Amanda…
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What is fated is impossible to escape
Tο πεπρωμένο φυγείν αδύνατον – The Temple of Boom Downunder “The only coarser ship that ever passed this way was…
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‘Unite or die’: Sunak’s warning to Tories after winning vote to be UK’s next prime minister
On Monday (UK time), he told MPs the party must “unite or die” following the unprecedented upheavals in UK politics…
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Lobbying ethnic voters: The case of the Greek community of Melbourne
Ethnic voters drifting away from the two main political parties is one of the messages that emerged from the last…
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Zim students stuck in Turkey
CYPRUS has said students lured to the country on dubious scholarship programmes are held in prisons in the Northern region…
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A year on from the fall of Kabul, Afghans reflect on their new lives in Australia
Her courageous reporting focused on democracy and women’s rights — particularly education for girls — in what was still a…
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Mehreen Faruqi says Australian politicians shouldn’t have to give up citizenship in other countries
Here, two Senators affected by the law share their stories. Krishani Dhanji SBS Mehreen Faruqi gave up her Pakistani citizenship…
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5 years on, would an outspoken Australian-Muslim activist ‘get Yassmined?’ Abdel-Magied herself hopes change is happening
Or does it simply suffer from a diversity and inclusion problem at the level of governance and political representation? Fethi Mansouri…
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Refugees on Nauru need urgent evacuation to Australia
Amnesty International Australia is calling for refugees and people seeking asylum on Nauru to be urgently evacuated to Australia while…
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Rethinking the role of the diaspora as a key part of a development strategy for Greece
“Diaspora Engagement in Times of Severe Economic Crisis: Greece and Beyond” is a timely and important SEESOX Diaspora contribution – an original work…
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More than 100 million people displaced worldwide, UN refugee agency says
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in its annual update that the increase had come as millions of Ukrainians were driven from…
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UK: Rwanda deportation flight set to go ahead after court rejects appeal
A last-minute bid to halt deportations of asylum-seekers to Rwanda failed on Monday after the Court of Appeal in London dismissed attempts…
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‘We can make it work’: the NSW region opening doors and hearts to Ukrainians
Jenni Chapple has five new sets of girls’ size-4 clothing, a child’s dressing gown and puffer jacket hanging in her…
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