Articles from Issue 15 are available by clicking on the links below. The views expressed in Refugee Transitions are not necessarily those of STARTTS or other FASSTT members.

Message from the Forum 

by Jorge Aroche

The Quest for Human Rights  

by Olga Yoldi

A week in Western India debating health and human rights was a truly inspiring experience. Olga Yoldi writes.

In No Man’s Land - Bhutanese Refugees 

by Olga Yoldi

More than 100,000 ethnic Nepalese refugees fled Bhutan in the 1990s. Officials say it was voluntary migration; the refugees say they were forced out. So, where does the truth lie? Olga Yoldi writes.

Letters from Afghanistan 

by Pam Hartgerink 

Rebuilding Communities 

by Olga Yoldi

Dr Michael Wessells is a Senior Child Protection Specialist for Christian Children’s Fund and Professor of Psychology at the Randolph-Macon College in Virginia USA. He has served as President of the American Psychological Association Division of Peace Psychology and Psychologists for Social Responsibility. Author of three books and sixty published papers, his current research on Children and Armed Conflict examines child soldiers, displaced children, psychosocial assistance in emergencies and post conflict reconstruction for peace.

He spoke to Olga Yoldi at the Health and Human Rights Conference in India. 

Temporary Insanity 

by Lachlan Murdoch

 A Unique Identity - Aussie Bosnians from Germany

by Hariz Halilovich

Our sense of who we are and where we belong is an evolving process, influenced by many psychological and social factors. Hariz Halilovich looks at the identity of a group of young Bosnians and the factors that shape the way they see themselves.

A Debate on Torture

Presented by Damian Carrick 

Can it ever be morally acceptable? Exactly how far would you go if your entire family was in
imminent danger? So how far should the state go to prevent a terrorist attack? And have our collective views on the matter shifted since 9/11?

From the Law Report from Radio National. First broadcast on 15.2.05 reproduced by permission
by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ABC Online. Copyright all rights reserved at 2005 at ABC. with Damien Carrick

 School’s In for Refugee Students

by Jenny Mitchell

My Greatest Escape

by Mert Korkusuz, aged 12

Coming to Australia by boat and living in a detention centre had an impact on Mert Kokucuz’s life. Here is his story.

African Soccer Tournament 

by Amera Salah