This is the most critical juncture for studying the refugee crisis and impact of borders. Recent events across the world, from anti-immigrant violence to international travel regulations, and riots push us to evaluate the presence of borders and its impacts in our lives. As fight rages over the imposition of borders, it becomes important to understand and raise voice for the ones most affected by the borders—refugees of all sorts and the internally displaced living a life at the intersection of many discriminations. The network will encourage critical discussions on refugee-dom and effects of borders on human life and culture throughout history and in contemporary times through webinars, exhibitions and blog submissions from effected people, activists, researchers, and academics. The network will also aim to hold workshops to assess the refugee psychological space and asks for rights through policy submissions with help of groups related to such work in affected areas.

Being a second generation India-Pakistan Partitionsurvivor, the effects of borders on Amrita DasGupta’s personal life and family propelled her to develop the network for future work.