The political rhetoric would suggest that asylum seekers are deserving and economic migrants are undeserving. Yet their motivations overlap and are complex – forced migrants do not fit easily into one category.
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Under enormous pressure, countries in south east Asia are at last offering help to thousands of stranded migrants – but their gesture is far less meaningful than it seems.
Conflicting policies on Papua reveal that the Indonesian government frame its easternmost region as a problem.
Australia has cut aid to Indonesia by 40%. That may cause diplomatic displeasure, but the country has restructured its development programs in recent years to be less dependent on foreign money.
The US is considering naval patrols of disputed parts of the South China Sea in response to China’s creation of artificial islands. Other nations with claims may welcome a temporary US presence.
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.
Despite global protests, the executions will not harm Indonesia’s position in international bodies and its co-operation with other countries.
In spite of vigorous appeals from Australia for Indonesia to spare the lives of Bali duo Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, most Indonesians were not persuaded. Chan and Sukumaran were executed last week…
While recent executions by Indonesia have captured the world’s attention, this year is also the 30th anniversary of the execution of political prisoners that first created global concern.
Whatever you think of capital punishment, if your police force helps convict people of capital crimes, you are complicit to some degree.
University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
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.
Since Tony Abbott became prime minister, three issues have strained relations with Indonesia. Before the fracture over the fate of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, there were difficulties from the Coalition’s tow-back policy and a major crisis after revelations of Australian spying.
The executions in Indonesia were a mistake. Eight people are dead, including Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, despite alleged violations in the judicial process.
The AFP revised the guidelines on international co-operation since alerting Indonesia to the Bali Nine but there is arguably still an imbalance between security and human rights considerations.
Australians are the ones who suffer when consular support is weakened overseas.
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.
However disappointed we may be in Indonesia’s actions, it can make a couple of claims in its defence.
Indonesia’s most distinguished practising human rights lawyer, Mulya Lubis, is central to continuing efforts in Indonesia to abolish the death penalty.
The execution of Bali Nine pair Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan presents major problems for the Australian and Indonesian governments.
Principales colaboradores
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Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University
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Associate Lecturer, School of Government, Universitas Jendral Achmad Yani
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Director of China-Indonesia Desk, Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS)
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Universitas Gadjah Mada
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor, Bielefeld University
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Lecturer in International Relations, Binus University
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Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, School of Media and Strategic Communications, Oklahoma State University
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Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations, Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia (UIII)
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Assistant Professor in International Relations, Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII) Yogyakarta
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Lecturer, Australian Catholic University
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PhD Candidate in Politics and International Relations, Monash University
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Subject coordinator in Asian Studies, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
