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The Impact of Deterrence on Victims of Torture
Australia’s refugee status determination (RSD) system has been explicitly focused on deterring asylum-seeking since at least 2012 when the former government’s ‘Expert Panel’ was tasked... Read More
Public attitudes towards asylum seekers and refugees
Australian politicians have a long history of using dehumanising language to influence public opinion against people seeking asylum, particularly those arriving by boat (Clark 2013,... Read More
‘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
Legal Update: Discrimination Law to Protect Refugees in the ACT
As a practicing lawyer, I heard refugees and asylum-seeker clients describe discrimination and harassment as common. They were often unaware that it was unlawful and... Read More
Stuck In The Middle With Whom? What High School Is Like For Refugee-Background Students
THE PROJECT Moo Dar Eh was a cheeky, softly spoken and facially expressive 15-year-old Karen lass; born and raised in a Thai refugee camp. She... Read More
Australia’s Long History of Denial
Australia has a history of denial regarding matters of sexual and physical abuse, particularly those involving women and children. The recent release of the Nauru... Read More
Creating New Knowledge
The topic of refugees is one of the most significant discussions shaping the world today; we hear about the plight of refugees on the news... Read More
Refugee-run school in Indonesia: a model for governments to emulate
A school set up by people seeking asylum and refugees in the West Java town Cisarua, Indonesia, is an initiative that Australian and Indonesian governments should model... Read More
Delete the term ‘ethnic.’ Representations of ‘Stateless Arabs.’
It was a pleasure to present my work at the tenth annual Researchers for Asylum seekers conference on the 16th of November, 2015. It was... Read More