Refugees contributor: Alexander Betts Alexander Betts is professor of forced migration and international affairs and director of the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. In June 2016 he gave a TED talk on Brexit. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/alexander-betts/rss en U.N. Refugee Agency Must Change Course or Risk Obsolescence Laws & Policy Thu, 06 Apr 2017 12:53:23 +0000 Alexander Betts https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/04/06/u-n-refugee-agency-must-change-course-or-risk-obsolescence https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/04/06/u-n-refugee-agency-must-change-course-or-risk-obsolescence UNHCR faces deep budget cuts, interagency competition and violations of the Refugee Convention, says Alexander Betts, head of the Refugee Studies Centre, who charts a course that would see the agency survive and thrive. Why a Market-Based Approach Is Key to Unlocking Refugees’ Potential Economy Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:48:16 +0000 Naohiko Omata, Josiah Kaplan, Louise Bloom, Alexander Betts https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/11/23/why-a-market-based-approach-is-key-to-unlocking-refugees-potential https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/11/23/why-a-market-based-approach-is-key-to-unlocking-refugees-potential Better understanding the unique economic position held by displaced peoples could transform policy concerning them, write authors Alexander Betts, Louise Bloom, Josiah Kaplan and Naohiko Omata in an extract from the pioneering study “Refugee Economies.” The Real Opportunity at the U.N. Refugee Summit Laws & Policy Tue, 13 Sep 2016 05:08:03 +0000 Alexander Betts https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/09/13/the-real-opportunity-at-the-u-n-refugee-summit https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/09/13/the-real-opportunity-at-the-u-n-refugee-summit In the concluding part of his preview of the U.N. Refugee Summit, Alexander Betts looks beyond “vague” outcome documents and lays out five potential catalysts to change the global refugee system. U.N Refugee Summit: Abstract Discussions in the Face of a Deadly Crisis Laws & Policy Mon, 12 Sep 2016 05:00:55 +0000 Alexander Betts https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/09/12/u-n-refugee-summit-abstract-discussions-in-the-face-of-a-deadly-crisis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2016/09/12/u-n-refugee-summit-abstract-discussions-in-the-face-of-a-deadly-crisis In the first of a two-part prelude to the U.N. summit, Alexander Betts, the head of Oxford’s Refugee Studies Centre, plots the flawed origins of a meeting some states celebrate having sabotaged.