Heather Alexander is an expert on statelessness, refugee law and migration, and a PhD candidate in law at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. She has 10 years of experience working on migration and human rights in Australia, Gabon, Chad, Sri Lanka, Kosovo and the United States, including several positions with UNHCR. She blogs at: statelessness.net. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/heather-alexander/rss en Laws & Policy Fri, 12 May 2017 05:04:35 +0000 Heather Alexander https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/05/12/refugee-advocates-are-losing-the-war-of-ideas https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/05/12/refugee-advocates-are-losing-the-war-of-ideas Refugee advocates have lost control of the narrative over refugees by failing to engage in debates about Islamophobia, says researcher Heather Alexander, warning that antipathy to Muslim refugees is putting the whole refugee protection regime at risk.