Our study found that overall, most people just aren’t motivated to take political action against Australia’s refugee policies – even if they strongly dislike them.
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Our report sets out practical reforms that can be implemented relatively simply, within existing legislative provisions and with only minimal changes to policy and regulations.
Coming just one week before the election, the political calculation of Morrison’s policy revival is difficult to ignore.
Nauru is receiving hundreds of millions of dollars from Australia annually to house 109 asylum seekers. The real purpose, though, is to ‘stand ready to receive new arrivals’.
Here are some ways to support people from Afghanistan locally, nationally and overseas.
An ‘orderly departure program’ similar to the one set up after the Vietnam War could offer a vital pathway out of Afghanistan for refugees over the next several years.
The Afghans people surveyed were optimistic and positive about their lives in Australia — and felt welcome in their communities.
The largest immigration detention centre is located in a COVID hot spot in western Sydney. We need to make vaccinations for detainees and staff an urgent priority.
Since the 1970s, Australian immigration policy has changed dramatically, meaning Afghan refugees face far greater hurdles than those who fled Saigon after the Vietnam War.
Canada is offering to resettle 20,000 Afghan refugees, including women’s leaders and journalists. Why has Australia so far been unwilling to make the same declaration?
That no Australian government in almost a decade has successfully brought this policy to a formal close is astonishing. In fact, Australia ceased transferring new arrivals offshore in 2014.
Our research outlines some concrete steps businesses can take to boost employment of refugees. And there are strategic benefits business can reap along the way.
The home affairs minister says Australia is exploring resettlement overseas for ‘broad cohorts’ of people. But such deals do not get Australia off the hook.
While this is a positive step, it still does not allow the Murugappan family to return to their home of Biloela in Queensland, and their situation still has some way to play out in the courts.
The Murugappans have been fighting to stay in Australia for years. All the while, Sri Lanka has one of the worst records of state-perpetrated violence against civilians in the early 21st century.
Three-year-old Tharunicaa Murugappan’s hospitalisation has once again raised the plight of her family, who have been detained since 2018.
This important case because represents a rare litigation win for an asylum seeker. He doesn’t automatically get the right to stay in Australia, but he’s won damages — and that’s unusual.
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Professor and Chair: Mental Health Nursing, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University
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Senior Research Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney
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Academic Internships Coordinator, The University of Melbourne
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Research fellow, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Research Associate, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor in Management, Discipline of International Business, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Professor, Western Sydney University
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Professor, University of South Australia
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Lecturer in Management, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Curtin University
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Assistant researcher, Western Sydney University
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
