24 July 2017

Regional Focus: Australia

Event:

Discussion: Breaking The Deadlock: Creating Solutions for Refugees, Sydney, 15 August 2017 [info]

Publications:

1 October 2017: Questions and Answers about the New Deadline for Protection  (Refugee Council of Australia, July 2017) [text]

"Asylum Seekers: Australia's Shame," The Lancet, vol. 398, no. 10088 (June 2017) [free full-text]
- See also related letter to editor.

Australia’s Abusive Asylum Policy Rebuked Again (Human Rights Watch, July 2017) [text]

Australia’s New ‘Home Office’ is a Worry for Immigration Policy (The Conversation, July 2017) [text]

"Being Able to Play: Experiences of Social Inclusion and Exclusion within a Football Team of People Seeking Asylum," Social Inclusion, vol. 5, no. 2 (2017) [open access]

Boat ‘Turnbacks’ in Australia: A Quick Guide to the Statistics since 2001 (Govt. of Australia, June 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Power and Water Cut off for Refugees on Manus as Dutton Confirms Closure," The Guardian, 19 July 2017 [text]

Recent Changes in Australian Refugee Policy (Refugee Council of Australia, June 2017) [text]

Spotlight on Australia’s Cruel Asylum Policy at the Human Rights Council (Refugee Council of Australia, June 2017) [text]

UNHCR Chief Filippo Grandi Calls on Australia to End Harmful Practice of Offshore Processing (UNHCR, July 2017) [text]
- See also related post on The Conversation and statement from the Kaldor Centre. *Note: See here are  here for two additional comments on The Conversation.

*UPDATED

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- Regional Focus: Australia (22 June 2017)

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