Regional Focus: Australia

Event:

Book launch: Asylum by Boat: Origins of Australia’s Refugee Policy, Sydney, 12 September 2017 [info]

Publications:

"Australia’s Desperate Refugee Obstinacy," New York Times, 8 Aug. 2017 [text]

"Australia's Refugee Policies and Their Health Impact: A Review of the Evidence and Recommendations for the Australian Government," Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 41, no. 4 (Aug. 2017) [open access]

"The Borders Beyond the Border: Australia’s Extraterritorial Migration Controls," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 3 (Sept. 2017) [full-text via author site]

Embracing Diversity: Newcomer Experiences in Perth and Huron Counties (United Way, June 2017) [text]
- Note: "Newcomers" include both immigrants and refugees.

A Global Compact on Refugees: The Role for Australia (Lowy Institute, Aug. 2017) [text]
- See also related Guardian article.

High Court Challenge to Offshore Immigration Detention Power Fails (The Conversation, Aug. 2017) [text]
- See also related Castan Centre blog post.

The International Non-Refoulement Obligation and a Refugee’s Non-Compliance under the Australian Migration Act of 1958 (RefLaw Blog, Aug. 2017) [text]

Leaked Transcript Exposes Australia’s Unlawful Refugee Policy (Human Rights Watch, Aug. 2017) [text]
- See also related Conversation posts here and here.

UN Committee Condemns Australia’s Punitive Asylum Policy (Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog, Aug. 2017) [text]

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (24 July 2017)

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