Regional Focus: Australia

Opportunity:

Call for commentary: Asylum Insight [info]
- Analysis of issues relevant to Australian asylum policy are sought. No deadline indicated.

Publications:

Australia’s Refugee Policy an Opportunity for the ICC to Combat Image of Bias (Just Security Blog, March 2017) [text]

Boat Arrivals and Boat 'Turnbacks' in Australia since 1976: A Quick Guide to the Statistics (Parliamentary Library of Australia, updated Jan. 2017) [text]

Explainer: How Australia Decides Who is a Genuine Refugee (The Conversation, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Manus and Nauru: This is How Rest of the World Sees Australia's Refugee Policy," Australian Financial Review, 1 March 2017 [text]

Refugee Alternatives: Improving Policy, Practice and Public Support, Sydney, 22-23 February 2017 [info]
- Presentations are expected to become available in mid-March. In the meantime, video of the plenary session is available here.

Seven Facts about Papua New Guinea Refugees (Borgen Project, March 2017) [text]

State of the Nation 2017: Refugees and People Seeking Asylum in Australia (Refugee Council of Australia, Feb. 2017) [text]

"Thousands of Asylum Seekers Given Days to Lodge Complex Applications or Face Loss of Rights," The Guardian, 26 Feb. 2017 [text]

To Close Camps, Australia Must Not Send Asylum Seekers Back to Danger (Refugees Deeply, Feb. 2017) [text]

"US Officials Not Yet Authorized to Vet Pacific Refugees," Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2017 [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (17 Feb. 2017)

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