Nicholas Van Hear is deputy director at COMPAS, the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society. He works on forced migration, conflict, development, diaspora, transnationalism and related issues, and has field experience in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and Europe. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/nicholas-van-hear/rss en Laws & Policy Mon, 29 Oct 2018 09:00:00 +0000 Nicholas Van Hear https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/10/29/refugia-answering-the-critics https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/10/29/refugia-answering-the-critics The concept of a transnational polity for refugees has attracted critics, as well as curiosity. Nicholas Van Hear responds to five main criticisms of his proposed Refugia.