Karin Fathimath Afeef

Researcher

Karin Fathimath Afeef left PRIO in 2010. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.

Background

Languages:

English, Norwegian, Dhivehi (Maldivian), Hebrew and some Hindi/Urdu

Work experience:

2008-2009 Research Assistant, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), Oslo, Norway

2007-2008 Eligibility Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Tel Aviv, Israel

2006-2007 Programme advisor, Shorouq Society for Women, Azariyya, Occupied Palestinian Territories (West Bank)

2005 Acting Office Manager and Caseworker, Norwegian Organisation for Asylum Seekers (NOAS), Oslo, Norway

Education:

2005-2006 MSc in Forced Migration (Distinction), Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, UK.

2002-2005 BA(Honours) South Asian Studies and Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK.

1998-2000 International Baccalaureate, Lester B. Pearson United World College, British Columbia, Canada

PRIO Departments

Historical

Ethics, Norms and Identities (1994-2011)

PRIO Projects

Finished:

Events

14 - 15 Jan 2010 – Pakistani migration and transnationalism
Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:00-16:00 – Return Policy and Peacebuilding
20 - 21 Nov 2008 – Workshop on Transnational Parenthood and Children-Left-Behind
20 - 21 Nov 2008 – Transnational parenthood and children-left-behind

PRIO started tracking events online in 2007. This listing is not complete. Past events may be mentioned in our news archive.

Publications

Afeef, K. (2006) The Politics of Extraterritorial Processing: Offshore Asylum Policies in Europe and the Pacific, Refugee Studies Centre Working Paper 36, University of Oxford

All Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Horst, Cindy; Marta Bivand Erdal; Jørgen Carling & Karin Fathimath Afeef (2014) Private money, public scrutiny? Contrasting perspectives on remittances, Global Networks 14(4): 514–532.

Afeef, Karin Fathimath (2009) "For vi var som dem" Asyldebatten i Israel, Babylon 7(2): 8–21.

Conference Paper

Afeef, Karin Fathimath 2009 A Safe Haven? The Israeli Debate on Asylum Seekers, presented at International Association for the Study of Forced Migration Conference 12: Transforming Boundaries, , 2 July.

Report - External Series

Afeef, Karin Fathimath (2009) A Promised Land for Refugees? Asylum and Migration in Israel, EPAU Working Papers [New Issues in Refugee Research], 183. Geneva.

Afeef, Karin Fathimath (2006) The Politics of Extraterritorial Processing: Offshore Asylum Policies in Europe and the Pacific, Refugee Studies Centre Working Paper, 36. Oxford: Oxford University.