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Book Review: ‘Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of our Time’ – David Miliband
Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time, David Miliband, TED Books, Simon & Schuster, 2017 After being UK Foreign Secretary from 2007 –... Read More
Book Review: “The Mess We’re In – Managing the Refugee Crisis”
Andrew Bennetts, “The Mess We’re In – Managing the Refugee Crisis”, Trabagem Publishing, Camberwell 2017, 400 pages (available from Amazon and Booktopia) Moved by the... Read More
We cannot rely morally on ‘deterrence’ to justify our harsh refugee policies
Tony Coady, University of Melbourne When debate about refugees ascends from slogan swapping (“stop the boats”, “bring them here”) to specific reasoning, there seems only... Read More
Durable Solutions for Australian Refugee Partnerships
As of the end of November, the US will have reportedly resettled somewhere between 110 and 140 refugees from Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (PNG)... Read More
History suggests refugees on Manus and Nauru can be resettled in Australia without reviving boat arrivals
Last month 54 refugees departed Manus Island for resettlement in the US under an agreement between the Turnbull and Obama administrations. Curiously, the government has... Read More
Processing centres in North Africa are not the answer for EU refugees
Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron invited his counterparts from Libya, Niger, Chad, Italy, Germany and Spain to Paris to discuss ways of stopping the... Read More
Contestation on Refugee Integration should not Deter Practice
Refugee integration is a big phrase to consider. What does it mean? What does it look like in practice? Is it a durable solution to... Read More
Who volunteers for people seeking asylum? Findings from a survey of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s volunteers
There is a strong tradition of volunteering and giving in Australia (Oppenheimer and Warburton 2014). Recorded volunteer levels have long hovered around a third of... 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