Focus: Australia

Upcoming events:

[Public Event on Report of Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers], Melbourne, 5 September 2012 [info]
- Paris Aristotle, a member of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers, will discuss the Panel's report and its implications.

Wanted: New Paradigms? Forced Migration, Mobilities and Humanitarianism in Australia and Beyond, Melbourne, 12-13 November 2012 [info]
- The programme for this event is now available.  Register before 26 September 2012 for a discounted rate.


Publications:

Australia to Increase Refugee Intake to 20,000 Annually (BBC, Aug. 2012) [text]

Community Arrangements for Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Stateless Persons (Australian Human Rights Commission, July 2012) [text]

The Devil's in the Detail (Inside Story, Sept. 2012) [text]

Eureka Street, vol. 22, no. 12 (June 2012) [full-text]
- Includes "Australia's 20 year search for the right asylum policy," "Knowing the needs of refugees," and "Economic hard times even tougher for refugees," among others.

"Unpacking the Micro-Macro Nexus: Narratives of Suffering and Hope among Refugees from Burma Recently Settled in Australia," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Access, 27 August 2012 [abstract]

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