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Book Review: The World is not Big Enough
Vanessa Russell, Hardie Grant Books, 2021 With some nervousness, this refugee supporter took the plunge in 2001 and did what many others have boldly attempted:... Read More
Book Review: Visiting Immigration Detention: care and cruelty in Australia’s asylum seeker prisons – Michelle Peterie
Michelle Peterie, Bristol University Press, 2022, 176 pages With the UK and others competing to become the least attractive destination for refugees and asylum seekers... Read More
Book Review: Acts of Cruelty – Aileen Crowe
“Acts of Cruelty: Australia’s Immigration Laws and experiences of people seeking protection after arriving by plane”, Aileen Crowe, Palaver, an imprint of Ethica Projects Pty... Read More
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: ‘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
The EU’s Relocation of Unaccompanied Migrant Children to Safe Havens: A Good Practice?
The COVID-19 pandemic as a ‘ticking health bomb’ has proven to be a difficult time for everyone, but for the Unaccompanied or Separated Migrant Children... 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
Contempt, Criminalisation, and No Compassion: The UK’s Asylum System
The right to asylum is one of the oldest legal rights in the world and has been recognised by societies as divergent as Ancient Greece... 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