Student Support together with the Centre for the Study of Violence are hosting talks on two perspectives to forced migration.
Wednesday 22nd February 14:00-15:00 on campus
The first is by a doctoral student Habib Wardak. Habib provides a rare insight into the lives of refugees as he shares his powerful story of resilience, suffering and hope. Habib is a PhD student at the University of Bath, a civil society activist in his home country - Afghanistan and a refugee in the United Kingdom.
The second is by Professor Timo Kivimäki, focusing on a myth of refugees as dangers to host societies.
The presentation is based on a recent study published in the Journal of Refugee Studies and it reveals that humane attitude to the plight of refugees also tends to predict lower levels of violent crime in host societies. Thus, the question of rescuing refugees from conflicts and autocratic violence is not one of balancing between humanitarian ideals and selfish security interests: humane attitude towards refugees is a good security strategy.