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‘The end is nigh’: What should happen after Nauru and Manus close?
Australia’s offshore processing experiment, involving the detention of asylum seekers on Nauru and Papua New Guinea (PNG), has failed. Earlier last year, the Supreme Court... Read More
Middle Eastern migrants aren’t ‘piling on to the dole queue’
Claims that Middle Eastern migrants are “piling on to the dole queue” are misleading. The data actually shows that, after an initial period of relatively... Read More
What is a refugee camp like?
What is a refugee camp like? What is a refugee camp like? How are children living and learning there? And how can we support them... Read More
Supporting Refugee Education
Conflict has been an overarching burden in the lives of many refugee children now living in Australia. There are a number of additional barriers, as... Read More
Academics for Refugees call for National Refugee Summit and Policy Paper Announced
Policy Paper & Call for a National Refugee Summit The Academics for Refugees Policy Paper calls for A Just and Humane Approach for Refugees. It makes a... Read More
Durable Solutions: 5 Implementation Challenges and Possible Pathways for Improvement
The UNHCR has stated that the ultimate goal of international protection is achieving the implementation of durable solutions for refugees. Assessing whether existing durable solutions, as... Read More
Asylum Seeker mistreatment – the criminal law perspectice
The Australian Human Rights Commission’s November 2014 Forgotten Children report, about Australia’s mistreatment of asylum seeker children in detention, exposed the international human rights law and “duty... Read More
The competing sovereign: pregnancy, resistance and seeking asylum
How might we understand the construction and policing of the pregnant body through the presence and the practice of these detention camps – neither entirely... Read More