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Book Review: After the Tampa – Abbas Nazari
‘After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand’ by Abbas Nazari, Allen and Unwin, 2021, 367 pages This is a well-written account by a young... Read More
Book Review: ‘Smuggled: An Illegal History of Journeys to Australia’ – Ruth Balint and Julie Kalman
‘Smuggled: An illegal history of Journeys to Australia’, by Ruth Balint and Julie Kalman, NewSouth Publishing, 2021, 204 pages As the European Union moves... Read More
Book Review: ‘Escape from Manus’ – Jaivet Ealom
“Escape from Manus”, Jaivet Ealom, Penguin Viking, 2021, 347 pages I expected this book to be like Henri Charriere’s 1969 memoir Papillon, about his escape... Read More
Book Review: ‘White Russians, Red Peril: A Cold War History of Migration to Australia – Sheila Fitzpatrick
“White Russians, Red Peril, a Cold War History of Migration to Australia”, Sheila Fitzpatrick, La Trobe University Press, 2021, 368 pages Sheila Fitzpatrick, from a... Read More
Interview with Ahmad Hakim, Founder and Co-Director of Refugee Voices
Ahmad Hakim is the founder and co-director of Refugee Voices, a new refugee-led community organisation in Australia. It is committed to ensuring that people from... Read More
Constructed realities: Framing an inclusive multicultural Australia’s exclusion of people seeking asylum
This post forms part of our series in showcasing abstracts of presentations featured at the 2019 Migration, Refugees and Statelessness conference, hosted in November 2019... Read More
Evidence that the dehumanisation of asylum seekers is linked to support for punitive punishment
This post forms part of our series in showcasing abstracts of presentations featured at the 2019 Migration, Refugees and Statelessness conference, hosted in November 2019... Read More
Book Reviews: ‘Manus Days’ by Michael Coates & ‘No Friend but the Mountains’ by Behrouz Boochani
Manus Days – the Untold Story of Manus Island, Michael Coates, Connor Court Publishing, 2018. No Friend but the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison, Behrouz... Read More
Book Review: ‘Refugee Rights and Policy Wrongs: a frank, up-to-date guide by experts’ – Jane McAdam and Fiona Chong
“Refugee Rights and Policy Wrongs: a Frank, Up-to-date Guide by Experts”, Jane McAdam and Fiona Chong, UNSW Press, 2019, 277 pages This book by legal... Read More
Migration, Refugees and Statelessness Interdisciplinary Conference – Tuesday November 19, 2019
Image: Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at Zam Zam camp outside El Fasher, Sudan (United Nations Photo) On Tuesday 19 November, the Melbourne Social Equity... Read More