Tag: child refugees
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Vietnamese Here: Contemporary Art & Reflections – by Anh Nguyen
History and Memory offer a space of play and wonder for artists in diaspora. Vietnamese Here exhibits the contemporary works of four visual artists as well as playwrights and authors of Vietnamese heritage, who enjoy that space in Australia. [Artists-Presenters: Nadia Rhook, Dominic Golding, Hoa Pham, Anh Nguyen, Hoang Nguyen, Naomi Ngo, Chi Vu] These […] -
I didn’t see the footprints: memorials for children in Bosnia and Hercegovina
“The footprints! They’re all over the fountain. They make my heart break.” “I didn’t see them”. I was in Sarajevo, Bosnia, to attend a summer school called “Learning from the past: transitional justice”. The footprints were part of a memorial to children killed during the siege of Sarajevo in 1992-1995. I was at the summer […] -
‘Never had a chance’ – child refugees and health in postwar Australia
Standards of care that exist for child refugees within a receiving country are integral to their successful settlement. And yet, specific questions regarding health and wellbeing have rarely been considered in histories of migration to Australia, despite the obvious trauma and subsequent physical ailments that can afflict those fleeing from their homes. How has Australia historically […] -
‘special attention’ on refugee children
In 1994 the UNHCR released a document entitled Refugee Children: Guidelines on Protection and Care. This document – which updated a 1988 document, and incorporated ideas from a UNHCR policy document produced in 1993 – remains the standard set of guidelines for protection regimes and measures for refugee children from the UNHCR. All of the […]blogs-test.unimelb.edu.au/childrefugees-test/2016/09/01/special-attention-on-refugee-children