22 April 2025

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific - Pt. 2 (Focus on Australia)

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Short pieces:

Cutting migrant numbers won’t help housing – the real immigration problems not being tackled this election (The Conversation, April 2025) [text]

Fast Track Explained: Australia must give permanent protection to people seeking asylum (Amnesty International, April 2025) [text]

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Journal articles:

"Collective Refugee Agency and the Negotiation of Migration Laws in Wartime Australia, 1939–1943," The Historical Journal, FirstView, 15 April 2025 [open access]

"Fairness and Efficiency in the Review of Asylum Decisions: Data-Driven Insights and Lessons from Australia’s Failed Fast Track Process," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Articles, 29 March 2025 [preprint]

"Reflections on the Australian Human Rights Commission: lessons from asylum policy," Australian Journal of Human Rights, Latest Articles, 7 April 2025 [open access]

"Sensible Tactics or Missed Opportunity? Evaluating the Exceptional Treatment of Migration and Refugee Decisions in the Administrative Review Tribunal Act," Federal Law Review, vol. 53, no. 1 (Forthcoming, 2025) [preprint]

"Visa journeys and permanent temporariness: navigating welfare state borders and precarious status in Australia," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 17 April 2025 [open access]

"Visa Status, Physical Activity and Mental Health Among Farsi/Dari Speaking Refugees, Immigrants and Asylum Seekers in Sydney, Australia," Health Promotion Journal of Australia, vol. 36, no. 2 (April 2025) [open access]

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