Regional Focus: Australia

News:

On 31 October 2017, the Manus Regional Processing Centre in Papua New Guinea will close down. For background and an overview, read this Al Jazeera article and FlagPost blog post. See also the following news coverage & commentary:

• Australia Must Prevent Looming Humanitarian Emergency in Papua New Guinea (UNHCR, Oct. 2017) [text]
• Australia/PNG: Refugees Face Unchecked Violence (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2017) [text]
• *History Suggests Refugees on Manus and Nauru can be Resettled in Australia without Reviving Boat Arrivals (Refugee Research Blog, Oct. 2017) [text]
• Manus Detention Centre Closure Sparks Safety Fears for Refugees (The Conversation, Oct. 2017) [text]
• "Papua New Guinea Tells Australia It Must Resettle Refugees Unwilling to Stay," The Guardian, 29 Oct. 2017 [text]
• *The Refugees Australia Tried to Offshore are Still Its Responsibility (Forbes Inside Asia, Oct. 2017) [text]

Event: 

History, Headlines and the Law: What's Shaping Refugee Policy in Australia?, Sydney, 2 November 2017 [info]

Publications:

Australia Takes a Seat at the UN Human Rights Council (FlagPost Blog, Oct. 2017) [text]
- See also related post in The Conversation.

Belonging Begins at Home: Housing, Social Inclusion and Health and Wellbeing for People from Refugee and Asylum Seeking Backgrounds (Flinders University, 2017) [text]

Crimmigration Law in Australia: Exploring the Operation and Effects of Mandatory Visa Cancellation, Immcarceration and Exclusion (SSRN, July 2017) [text]

Human Rights Committee Examines the Report of Australia (OHCHR, Oct. 2017) [text]
- See also related Guardian article.

*Negotiating Dehumanising Experiences of Asylum Seeker Policies in the Australian Community (Refugee Research Blog, Oct. 2017) [text]

Proposal for Australia’s Role in a Regional Cooperative Approach to the Flow of Asylum Seekers into and within the Asia-Pacific Region (Law Council of Australia, Oct. 2017) [text]

Quarterly Access Magazine, vol. 10, no. 2 (June 2017) [full-text]
- Special issue on "Refugees, Migration and the Asia Pacific: The Passions and Complexities of Discourse and Debate in our Region."

Refugee Protection in the United Kingdom beyond Brexit: The Perils of Australian Exceptionalism (RLI Blog, Oct. 2017) [text]

"Social Workers as Collaborators? The Ethics of Working within Australia's Asylum System," Ethics and Social Welfare, Latest Articles, 6 April 2017 [preprint]

"The Sovereign at its Shores: An Analysis on Australia's 'Stop the Boats' Offshore Processing and Pacific Island Detention Policy for Refugees and Asylum Seekers," Ateneo Law Journal, vol. 60, no. 3 (Feb. 2016) [full-text]

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Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (6 Oct. 2017)

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