Chapter 10: Conclusion

In this book, we have sought to offer a critical appraisal of the participation of refugee students in higher education (HE) in the United Kingdom and Australia. In doing so, we have explored how global discourses about forced migration, entitlement to refuge, the rise of the alt-right, the implementation of border control and immigration policies and concerns over the growth of fundamentalism on campus are shaping discourses around, and limiting possibilities for, access to HE for refugee students. Drawing on our own and other research, we also have evidenced how systemic inflexibility, wider debates about the right to HE and the insufficient role of universities in supporting the settlement of refugees are shaping possibilities for refugee students like Andy, Aaliyah, Sadiya and William.