PhD Defence: Ayla Bonfiglio

Tertiary education institutions in resettlement and asylum countries across the world are asking what role they can and should play in responding to today’s forced displacement crises. Examining the journeys of Congolese and Somali refugees and migrants, the dissertation finds that higher education impacts how refugees and migrants planned the timing of their exits from origin countries, their choice of destination, and the legal or irregular channels they used to enter and settle in destination countries.