Claire Higgins is a senior research associate at the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/claire-higgins/rss en Laws & Policy Solutions Fri, 18 Jan 2019 08:00:00 +0000 Claire Higgins https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/18/how-a-visa-for-asylum-seekers-could-grant-safe-passage-to-europe https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/18/how-a-visa-for-asylum-seekers-could-grant-safe-passage-to-europe The move to consider an E.U.-wide humanitarian visa is a chance for member states to take action on a long-debated concept, and to show global leadership with life-saving consequences for people in need of protection, writes researcher Claire Higgins. Crises & Conflicts Integration Laws & Policy Solutions Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:24:04 +0000 Tamara Wood, Claire Higgins https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/18/targeted-resettlement-is-one-way-to-implement-global-refugees-compact https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/18/targeted-resettlement-is-one-way-to-implement-global-refugees-compact A one-off Australian program that resettled 12,000 Syrians and Iraqis between 2015 and 2017 can be replicated around the world, say researchers Claire Higgins and Tamara Wood.