Regional Focus: Australia

Blog posts & press:

Australia “Stopped the Boats” But What Happened to the Refugees Who Reached Its Shores? (Just Security Blog, Dec. 2020) [text]

Homelessness and Hunger Among People Seeking Asylum During COVID-19 (Refugee Council of Australia, Dec. 2020) [text]

It’s not just about the rise in anti-Semitism: why we need real stories for better Holocaust education in Australia (The Conversation, Jan. 2021) [text]

"Letter: Addressing self‐harm among detained asylum seekers in Australia during the COVID‐19 pandemic," Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Early View, 21 Dec. 2020 [open access]

UN Member States Challenge Australia’s Refugee and Asylum Policies (Refugee Council of Australia, Jan. 2021) [text]

Reports:

COVID-19 and Humanitarian Migrants on Temporary Visas: Assessing the Public Costs, Research Briefing Note, no. 2 (Refugee Council of Australia, July 2020) [text]

The Impacts of COVID-19 on People Seeking Asylum and Refugees on Temporary Visas, Research Briefing Note, no. 1 (Refugee Council of Australia, May 2020) [text]

Journal articles:

*"Boat Refugees, International Law and Australia’s Commitment: An Analysis," Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, vol. 51, no. 3 (July 2020) [full-text]

The Contemporary Pacific: A Journal of Island Affairs, vol. 32, no. 2 (2020) [contents]

- Includes a Dialogue section on "Asylum Seekers in the Pacific (Manus, Nauru)." 

"Housing and health for people with refugee- and asylum-seeking backgrounds: a photovoice study in Australia," Housing Studies, Latest Articles, 21 Dec. 2020 [open access]

"A Look at Australia’s Asylum Policy Through the Lens of the United States’ MPP," California Western International Law Journal, vol. 51, no. 1 (2021) [full-text]

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Related article:

- Regional Focus: Australia (11 Dec. 2020)