Migration
Migration & border links: Myanmar, DACA repeal, contemporary displacement and more
With nearly 400,000 Rohingya crossing the border into Bangladesh, Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres, has called on Myanmar’s authorities to cease acts of violence,…
Australia’s long history of offshore detention
Shutting down the Manus Island detention centre by 31 October, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has said, will represent 'the closure of a sad…
Migration and border policy links: Myanmar, global compact on migration, DACA and more
Over 125,000 Rohingya refugees are estimated to be fleeing conflict and persecution in Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh. Meanwhile, reports indicate that the Indian government…
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…
Analyses
A Global Compact on Refugees: The role of Australia
Australia has a vested interest and particular experience and expertise to contribute to the Global Compact on Refugees in order to institute a more effective and equitable…
Migration & border policy links: Trump’s wall, a Sudanese story, London’s rough sleepers targeted and more
It has recently been revealed that a Greater London Authority charity map identifying the nationalities of people sleeping rough was used by the UK Home Office to carry out its…
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…
Migration and border policy links: Trump-Turnbull transcript, trafficking in the Gulf and more
The UNHCR has expressed growing concern about Australian immigration policy following the leaked Trump-Turnbull transcript and the death of asylum seeker Hamed Shamshiripour…
Humanitarian corridors: Safe passage but only for a few
There is a counter-narrative emerging in Europe’s approach to irregular migration, even as EU governments seek new ways to discourage desperate journeys across the Central…
Migration and border policy links: RAISE Act, Haitian immigrants in the US, ‘nexification’, and more
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has released a policy consultation paper on simplifying Australian visa arrangements. Almost 500 submissions were…