Regional Focus: Australia

News:

Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Government of Australia relating to the Settlement of Refugees in Cambodia [text via ReliefWeb]
- See also this Explainer from The Conversation and reactions from Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and UNHCR.

Events:

Lecture Series for Asylum Seekers, Melbourne, 6 October-24 November 2014 [info]

Australia’s Asylum Seeker Policy: Where Will Change Come from and What Could it Look Like?, Adelaide, 23 October 2014 [info]

Publications:

Developments in Australian Refugee Law and Policy (2012 to August 2013) (Parliamentary Library of Australia, Sept. 2014) [text]

The History of the Ethical Demands of Migration and National Border Security in an Island-nation Continent: A Perspective from Australia, the Land Down Under, 2014 Keith Cameron Lecture, Dublin, 22 Sept. 2014 [text]

"Queue Jumpers" and the Perils of Crossing Sydney Harbour on a Manly Ferry (Inside Story, Oct. 2014) [text]

Web site:

Hostel Stories: Life in S.A. Migrant Accommodation (Univ. of Adelaide) [access]
- "[A] research project aimed at finding out more about migrant hostels, reception centres and camps in South Australia." See also related article in The Conversation.

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (19 Sept. 2014)

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