People haven’t stopped trying to migrate in the region, yet Australia’s role has been reduced to that of a bystander.
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Henry Sherrell is an independent migration research and policy adviser. In the past, he has a worked for the then Department of Immigration and Citizenship, a Federal Member of Parliament, and the Federal Parliamentary Library. As a researcher, he's worked for the Development Policy Centre at the Australian National University and the Migration Council Australia.