Regional Focus: Oceania

"Histories of Constrained Compassion: The Idealised Refugee Family and the Australian Nation, 1947–1975," The History of the Family, vol. 22, no. 4 (2017) [free full-text]
- Introduction to special issue on "Women, Children and the Idealised Refugee Family, Australia 1947-1975."

"'I Want to Bring Him from the Aeroplane to Here': The Meaning of Animals to Children of Refugee or Migrant Backgrounds Resettled in Australia," Children & Society, Early View, 19 Nov. 2016 [postprint via ResearchGate]

"The Interpreter is not an Invisible Being: A Thematic Analysis of the Impact of Interpreters in Mental Health Service Provision with Refugee Clients," Australian Psychologist, vol. 52, no. 1 (Feb. 2017) [free full-text]

Legislative Brief: Migration Amendment (Character Cancellation Consequential Provisions) Act 2017 (Kaldor Centre, March 2017) [text]

"New Zealand's Refugee Policy is Closer to Trump's 'Muslim Ban' Than You Might Think," Vice News, 31 Jan. 2017 [text]

Offshore Processing and the Perils of Unfettered Consequentialism (Asher Hirsch Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Syrian Refugee Resettlement: Are Australia and New Zealand Doing Their Fair Share? (DevPolicy Blog, Feb. 2017) [text]

Transforming Lives and Institutions: The Structural Inclusion and Institutional Engagement of Refugee Migrants in Australia, RegNet Research Paper, no. 130 (Australian National Univ., 2017) [text via SSRN]

"US Could Take More Than 1,250 Refugees from Manus and Nauru, Senate Told," The Guardian, 15 March 2017 [text]

Watch for:

Serious Allegations of Abuse, Self-harm and Neglect of Asylum Seekers in Relation to the Nauru Regional Processing Centre, and Any Like Allegations in Relation to the Manus Regional Processing Centre (Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee) [info]
- A report from this inquiry is expected 30 March 2017.

Related posts:
- Regional Focus: Australia (6 March 2017)
- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (10 Feb. 2017)

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