Some asylum seekers who are being held on Manus Island and Nauru and who are in need of medical attention will now be allowed to come to Australia for treatment. Read the following for more information and commentary:
"Australia to Allow Medical Evacuation for Nauru and Manus Island Detainees," New York Times, 12 Feb. 2019 [text]
"Australia to Reopen Christmas Island Detention Center after Defeat on Refugee Policy," Reuters, 12 Feb. 2019 [text]
Explainer: How Will the ‘Medevac’ Bill Actually Affect Ill Asylum Seekers? (The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2019) [text]
Morrison Government Defeated on Medical Bill, Despite Constitution Play (The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2019) [text]
"Cutting Through the Claims: The Refugee Medical Debate, Explained," Sydney Morning Herald, 14 Feb. 2019 [text]
Grattan on Friday: What Does “Reopening” Christmas Island Actually Mean and Why Do It? (The Conversation, 14 Feb. 2019) [text]
Publications:
"Behrouz Boochani: Detained Asylum Seeker Wins Australia's Richest Literary Prize," The Guardian, 31 Jan. 2019 [text]
- See also related opinion piece in the New York Times.
Blocking Asylum, by Sea or by Air (The Interpreter Blog, Feb. 2019) [text]
The Ethics of Academic Publishing and International Migration’s ‘Policy Interview’ with Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs (Border Criminologies Blog, Feb, 2019) [text]
"Impacts of Social Integration and Loneliness on Mental Health of Humanitarian Migrants in Australia: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study," Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol. 43, no. 1 (Feb. 2019) [open access]
Interdicting Refugees not Protecting Refugees (John Menadue Blog, Feb. 2019) [text]
Intimate Partner Violence in Australian Refugee Communities: Scoping Review of Issues and Service Responses, CFCA Paper, no. 5 (Australian Institute of Family Studies, Dec. 2018) [text]
"Qualitative Exploration of the Impact of Employment and Volunteering upon the Health and Wellbeing of African Refugees Settled in Regional Australia: a Refugee Perspective," BMC Public Health, 19:143 (Feb. 2019) [open access]
Refuge City, a New Kind of City for Our Times (The Conversation, Jan. 2019) [text]
We Don’t Know How Many Asylum Seekers are Turned Away at Australian Airports (The Conversation, Feb. 2019) [text]
Multimedia:
A Refugee Legal Expert on a Week of ‘Reckless’ Rhetoric and a New Way to Process Asylum Seeker Claims (The Conversation, Feb. 2019) [access]
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Related post:
- Regional Focus: Australia (11 Jan. 2019)
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