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<html lang="en-US">
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.site-description { color: #000000; }
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display: inline-block;
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display: inline-block;
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display: none;
}

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only screen and (-o-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2/1),
only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),
only screen and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),
only screen and (min-resolution: 2dppx),
only screen and (min-resolution: 192dpi) {
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	display: inline-block;
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		<h1 class="entry-title">Arja Oomkens</h1>
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		<p><a href="http://whatishappeningnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/arja2.png"><img class=" wp-image-427 size-medium aligncenter" src="http://whatishappeningnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/arja2-300x176.png" alt="arja2" width="300" height="176" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Arja Oomkens (1989) studied Anthropology (BA), Public International Law (MA), and Holocaust- and Genocide studies (MA) at the University of Amsterdam. In addition to her studies, she has conducted (short-term) legal work for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Prakken d&#8217;Oliveira Human Rights Lawyers and Defence for Children. Currently, she combines her job as a project coordinator at<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="http://www.askv.nl/about-askv/" target="_blank"> ASKV (refugee support)</a> </span>with a job as a paralegal specialised in (international, European, and Dutch) migration law. Her specific fields of interest are: migration law &amp; policy, refugees, children&#8217;s rights, and post-war restoration.</span></p>
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