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  • 9 Feb 2023
    • Indonesia
    • Australia
    • Asylum Seekers
    • Migration
    • Transnational Challenges

    Australia and Indonesia can lead a response to refugee crisis in the region

    Andrew Hudson
    Shared information will help with rescue efforts and to pursue the leaders in people smuggling outfits.
  • 18 Sep 2022
    • India
    • Sri Lanka
    • Asylum Seekers

    Concern for Sri Lankans fleeing to India amid economic crisis

    Prarthana Sen
    A close haven carries appeal, but can life ever be settled without a legal status?
  • 6 May 2022
    • Asylum Seekers
    • Afghanistan War
    • Australian immigration
    • Afghanistan
    • Human rights

    Australia can stand up for the Afghan people, and the time is now

    Ahmad Shuja Jamal
    Canberra should signal to the world that we’re all better off in a community of nations where human dignity matters.
  • 7 Aug 2020
    • Asylum Seekers
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Syria
    • Migration
    • Human rights

    The Beirut explosion and the plight of Syrian refugees

    Erin Watson-Lynn
    The blast that killed over 100 and injured thousands is also a reminder of the fragile existence of millions.
  • 27 May 2020
    • Asylum Seekers
    • Myanmar
    • Migration
    • Malaysia
    • Human rights

    Rohingya in Malaysia, doubly trapped

    JJ Rose
    Panics have a way of seeking out victims, and the Rohingya in Malaysia have been easy targets during the pandemic.
  • 24 Apr 2020
    • Asylum Seekers
    • Coronavirus

    The danger of disease in the world’s largest refugee camp​​​​​​​

    Katrina Lee-Koo , Eleanor Gordon
    Cox’s Bazar camps are in lockdown. No Covid-19 cases are yet reported, but infectious illness is already sadly common.
  • 7 Apr 2020
    • Asylum Seekers
    • Migration
    • Coronavirus

    Covid-19: Refugees at risk

    Max Walden
    Cash payments and mobilising asylum seekers with medical training are measures to help refugees survive the pandemic.
  • 28 Nov 2019
    • Asylum Seekers
    • Australia

    Behrouz Boochani: Still in limbo

    Madeline Gleeson
    The Kurdish-Iranian journalist left Manus Island after six years, but the bureaucratic hurdles still lie before him.
  • 17 Apr 2018
    • Asylum Seekers
    • Migration

    Employment as protection: complementary pathways for refugees

    Jay Song , Daniel Thambar
    Refugees should have better access to labour migration schemes to reduce the pressure on humanitarian quotas.
  • 10 Apr 2018
    • Asylum Seekers
    • Australia
    • Nauru

    The lack of appeal in Nauru

    Erin Harris
    Australia should question why final court appeals have been scrapped in the tiny Pacific nation before an alternative was set up.
  • 5 Apr 2018
    • Asylum Seekers
    • Migration

    Migration and border policy links: Israel’s UNHCR backflip, Pacific seasonal workers, more

    Erin Harris
    Links and updates from across the migration and border policy field.
  • 5 Oct 2017
    • Asylum Seekers
    • Migration

    Migration & border policy links: What the US wants, Afghanistan, Rohingya repatriation and more

    Rachael Buckland
    This week's links also include a tracking matrix for patterns of displacement and a lecture on how migration has shaped New Zealand.
  • 31 Aug 2017
    • Asylum Seekers
    • Migration

    Migration & border policy links: Merkel and no regrets, Hurricane Harvey and more

    Rachael Buckland
    This week's links also include lessons from Canada and Facebook acts on people smugglers' posts.
  • 17 Aug 2017
    • Asylum Seekers
    • Migration

    Migration & border policy links: Manus High Court ruling, H-2B shortage, Turkey’s Syrians and more

    Rachael Buckland
    This week's links also include a comparison of various citizenship laws and India's reported plan to deport 40,000 Rohingya Muslims.

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