Australia may have ‘stopped the boats’ but the tragedy of people drowning at sea continues to our north and is getting worse. A regional solution to the refugee crisis is urgently needed.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Asylum seekers
Displaying 521 - 540 of 819 articles
The migration of early Africans into the Middle East, then across the Mediterranean into Europe and Asia – and eventually into the Americas and Australia and the Pacific Islands – is the origin of today’s humanity.
Post-independence Eritrea has descended into poverty and repression forcing huge numbers to flee to safety and a better life.
Indonesians have long felt that Australia lacks respect for their nation’s sovereignty, but Indonesia’s status as a rising power adds to the urgency of recalibrating our approach to the relationship.
In condemning Indonesia’s execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, Australia has relied on the same human rights obligations that it rejects when applied to asylum seekers.
Political leaders have a ready culprit in people smugglers for drownings at sea. The problem is that this ignores responsibility for eliminating all other options for these people to avoid harm.
What would it mean if the European Union decided to “get Australian” and adopt a tougher approach to asylum seekers? Could it work, and at what cost?
Our immigration expert evaluates the manifestos of 16 political parties, to see how their policies on immigration stack up.
Australia made progress on restoring trade and sharing intelligence on Islamic State in Iraq. Iran was less open to accepting the return of asylum seekers, which may prove a blessing in disguise.
More than 20 years ago, two American academics, Max Singer and Aaron Wildavsky, wrote about what they described as The Real World Order: Zones of Peace/Zones of Turmoil. As is the way with such things…
The government has announced its latest method to stop the boats: a telemovie with storylines about asylum seekers dying at sea. Is it really the role of government to fund propaganda pieces like this?
Bill Shorten has labelled this the year of ideas but obviously Labor would rather have the overwhelming attention on the Coalition for as long as possible.
Plaid Cymru’s immigration policies might be good for Wales, but don’t square with the rest of the UK.
Australia’s Constitution contains few constitutional rights or protections, and most of those that do exist are not predicated on citizenship.
A global movement aims to let compassion guide political and community life. This has obvious relevance for a competition-driven nation with a troubling capacity for harsh attitudes and policy.
Are tests to prove asylum seekers come from where they say they do impossible to do fairly?
Australia’s breaches of international human rights law are increasingly coming to the UN’s attention.
We should never accept that a Human Rights Commission ought to be non-partisan or depoliticised. Without both, it would be incapable of doing its job.
The UK is now a world leader on global gay rights – but when it comes to upholding them for asylum seekers, it’s a very different matter.
It is broadly correct to say 1200 asylum seekers died at sea under Labor. Globally and in our region, however, more asylum seekers than ever are leaving their country by boat.
Top contributors
-
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
-
Adjunct professor, University of Adelaide
-
Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University
-
Lecturer, Western Sydney University
-
Associate Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
-
Deputy Director (Indo-Pacific Research) ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Griffith University
-
Adjunct Professor, Australian Catholic University
-
Associate Professor of Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
-
Associate Professor, Law School, La Trobe University
-
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
-
Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
-
Senior Research Fellow, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney
-
Adjunct Professor, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University
-
Lecturer, Migration Law Program, Australian National University
-
Emeritus professor, Monash University
