Regional Focus: Australia

Event:

Workshop: The Future of Refugee Litigation: What Role Can Academic Research Play?, Sydney, 13-14 November 2018 [info]
- Register by 13 November 2018.

Update on Nauru situation:

Most refugee children have now been removed from Nauru and are receiving medical treatment in Australia. For background on this situation, read this factsheet from the Refugee Council of Australia.

"All Refugee Children to Be Removed from Nauru by Year's End, Brandis Confirms," The Guardian, 31 Oct. 2018 [text]

As Children are Airlifted from Nauru, a Cruel and Inhumane Policy May Finally Be Ending (The Conversation, Oct. 2018) [text]

"Children Will Be Brought to Australia from Nauru, But They Won't Be Allowed to Stay," CNN, 1 Nov. 2018 [text]

"How Australia Finally Started to Care about Asylum Seekers and Refugees on Nauru," The Guardian, 27 Oct. 2018 [text]

"More Nauru Children Moved to Australia as Fresh Bid for New Zealand Solution Rejected," Sydney Morning Herald, 2 Nov. 2018 [text]

"The Nauru Experience: Zero-Tolerance Immigration and Suicidal Children," New York Times, 5 Nov. 2018 [text]

Never Too Late to Get the Kids off Nauru (The Interpreter Blog, Oct. 2018) [text]

UNHCR Appeals to Australia to Act and Save Lives at Immediate Risk (UNHCR, Oct. 2018) [text]

Publications:

"Australia’s Cambodia Refugee Deal is Dead," VOA News, 1 Nov. 2018 [text]

"Australia's Immigration Policy Violates United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child," Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 54, no. 8 (Aug. 2018) [free full-text]

"Being a Father in My New Society: A Qualitative Study of the Fathering Experiences of Men from Refugee Backgrounds Resettled in Australia," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 22 Aug. 2018 [abstract]
- See also related dissertation.

A Changing Australia: How Migration is Shaping Our Nation (Scanlon Institute, Sept. 2018) [text]

"Narratives of Crisis Migration and the Power of Visual Culture," Chapter 35 in Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises (Oxford University Press, Oct. 2018) [ResearchGate]

Operation Sovereign Borders and Offshore Processing Statistics (Refugee Council of Australia, Nov. 2018) [text]

An Unnecessary Penalty: Economic Impacts of Changes to the Status Resolution Support Services (Refugee Council of Australia, Nov. 2018) [text]

View from The Hill: Scott Morrison Eases Refugee policy While Talking Tough (The Conversation, Oct. 2018) [text]

"Why Labor Should Break the Refugee Deadlock," Inside Story, 25 Oct. 2018 [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Mental Health (21 Oct. 2018)
- Regional Focus: Australia (24 Sept. 2018)

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