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From a detention centre to your spare room
Australians now have the chance to host an asylum seeker in their spare room thanks to the newly announced Community Placement Network.
Three sensible ways to fix a silly immigration system
Sensible asylum seeker policy? Everybody wins. Following these recommendations should be a no-brainer for Australia’s politicians.
The faces behind ‘the boats’
Last week Amnesty International’s Faces of Asylum exhibition was banned by the Bridgeton Greenbushes council in WA from being displayed in the local library.
Live from the ground of Australia’s detention centres
Alex Pagliaro's daily blogs from the ground of her fact-finding mission of Australia's immigration detention centres.
The cold realities of life in Malaysia as a refugee
Asylum seeker children as young as three in Malaysia are still being rounded up and detained without their parents.
An indefensible punishment
Can our government continue justifying locking up asylum seekers for indefinite periods while their health deteriorates?
A rare step forward for refugee rights
Three reasons why the Australian government might finally be on the right track for protecting refugee rights.
Crucial law strengthens protections
A new law was quietly passed in the senate this week to strengthen protections for people who arrive in Australia needing safety.
Plans to remove the protections of asylum seekers
The Labor party is faced with a difficult situation: the High Court has ruled that their Malaysia Deal is illegal, chiefly because the government couldn’t guarantee the protection of asylum seekers it planned to send to Malaysia. So what is their response? They want to circumvent the ruling of the Highest Court in Australia.
A landmark victory for asylum seekers and human rights
The High Court ruling that stopped the Malaysia Deal is an incredible victory for asylum seekers and human rights. Here's what the decision means.
The ‘Malaysia deal’: where to now?
Now the Malaysia deal has been signed and sealed, the human rights holes in the plan may mean asylum seekers will miss out on the protection they need.
Rethinking the leaky boats
An analysis of 'The Tampa affair' and its wide-reaching repecussions on the politicisation of asylum seekers in Australia.
Blog: ‘Boat people’ are real people
Changing the debate about refugees starts with changing the hearts and minds of people in Australia and our decision makers.
Europe must reaffirm its commitment to the rights of refugees and migrants
The Europe that once played an essential role in protecting refugees, the continent whose World War II refugee crisis gave rise to the international refugee protection regime, is now eroding refugee protection.
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Has our compassion been exported for good?
Like many Australians, I was horrified to see the footage of cows being slaughtered in Indonesia. But it didn’t take me long to start wondering about the disparity between the response to the plight of live exports, and the response to the plight of refugees in Australia.
Half-baked Malaysian scheme is no solution
Dr. Graham Thom reveals his horrific first-hand account of Malaysia's Lenggeng detention centre - the apparent "humane and safe" solution to Australia's so-called asylum-seeker crisis.
The Malaysia deal: what does it achieve?
The government is going to swap 880 people who have sought asylum in Australia with 4,000 people who have sought asylum in Malaysia.
Refugee policy ‘back to the future’
Government moves to reintroduce a form of Temporary Protection Visa are a concerning knee-jerk reaction to Villawood and Christmas Island riots.
Italian island turns to nightmare for stranded Africans
The negligence of the Italian authorities has turned the island of Lampedusa into the site of a humanitarian crisis.
Christmas Island proof the whole system is broken
The recent events on Christmas Island prove that Australia’s immigration detention system is at breaking point.
A policeman's job is to protect all citizens, even those he or she doesn't like. I'd have thought that a pretty basic concept.
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21 May 2012, 03:59PM