20 September 2021

Regional Focus: Australia

Blog posts & press:

"How an Afghan refugee crisis at sea transformed Australia policy," Al Jazeera, 25 Aug. 2021 [text]

"A line in the water: A fateful stand-off in August 2001 saw Australia’s treatment of boat arrivals shift from deterrence by example to deterrence by force," Inside Story, 28 Aug. 2021 [text]

Looking for compassion in all the wrong places: A culture of cruelty (Policy Forum Blog, Sept. 2021) [text]

Membership Without Mobility: The Counterfactual as Fact (Border Criminologies Blog, Sept. 2021) [text]

"UK should not look to Australia for inspiration in terms of asylum policy," Remarks at Westminster Legal Policy Forum keynote seminar on "Next steps for asylum policy in the UK," on 8 Sept. 2021 [text]

"Unpicking the legacy of the Tampa," Inside Story, 3 Sept. 2021 [text]

Journal articles: 

"The association between COVID-19 related stressors and mental health in refugees living in Australia," European Journal of Psychotraumatology, vol. 12, no. 1 (2021) [open access]
- See also related news story from UNSW and post on The Conversation.

"New Vulnerabilities for Migrants and Refugees in State Responses to the Global Pandemic, COVID-19," Social Sciences, vol. 10, no. 9 (Sept. 2021) [open access]
- "The responses of the Australian state are developed as a case study of actions and policies directed at refugees and temporary migrant workers through the COVID-19 pandemic."

*"‘Preventing people from risking their lives at sea’: Forced migration and the securitization of asylum seekers in Australia," Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, OnlineFirst, 17 Sept. 2021 [open access]

"A trauma informed response to COVID 19 and the deteriorating mental health refugees and asylum seekers with insecure status in Australia," International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Early View, 10 Sept. 2021 [free full-text]

"'We were already strong': Young Refugees, Challenges and Resilience during COVID-19," Journal of Social Inclusion, vol. 12, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

Multimedia:

Stop the Boats! Temporary Protection Australian Style (Sept. 2021) [access]
- Follow link for podcast.

Treating Hopelessness and Helplessness in People Seeking Asylum Facing Deportation, 1 Sept. 2021 [access]
- Scroll down for slides, presentations and videos.

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