Asylum seekers and refugees
The danger of disease in the world’s largest refugee camp
The Bangladesh government made the decision earlier this month to place the southern district of Cox’s Bazar in lockdown as Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh increased. Cox’s Bazar…
Covid-19: Refugees at risk
The first case of Covid-19 was detected near the world’s largest refugee camp last month. Human rights groups fear it’s only matter of time before it spreads among the roughly one…
Behrouz Boochani: Still in limbo
Although Behrouz Boochani has never set foot on the Australian mainland, his is a familiar name in the country, a link to the men on Manus Island subject to Australia’s offshore…
Employment as protection: complementary pathways for refugees
Conflicts in the Middle East and Africa are causing dramatic increases in internally displaced people and refugees across the world. According to estimates from UNHCR for…
The lack of appeal in Nauru
The decision to terminate a long-standing arrangement that saw the Australian High Court act as a partial appellate court for Nauru, as reported last week, has heightened…
Migration and border policy links: Israel’s UNHCR backflip, Pacific seasonal workers, more
At The New York Times, a data-rich interactive examines the myth that greater immigration levels lead to higer rates of crime. In December 2017, the Nauruan Government…
Migration & border policy links: What the US wants, Afghanistan, Rohingya repatriation and more
Reflecting on the failures of offshore processing, UNHCR’s Regional Representative, Thomas Albrecht, urges the Australian government to step up, share responsibility and do its…
Migration & border policy links: Merkel and no regrets, Hurricane Harvey and more
The Kaldor Centre’s Dr Claire Higgins offers a critique of the Australian government’s decision to transfer a number of asylum seekers residing in the country to the ‘final…
Migration & border policy links: Manus High Court ruling, H-2B shortage, Turkey’s Syrians and more
Earlier today the Australian High Court rejected a claim that the Australian government can only exercise offshore powers consistently with the law of a foreign state. This means…
Commentary
Labor’s unsettling dilemma
Labor’s unsettling dilemmaAlan DupontThe Australian24 July 2015Click here for the online text.Alan Dupont