he recent leak of the ‘Nauru Files’ underscores what has been clear for years now: our government’s treatment of people seeking refugee protection inflicts serious harm on children and adults who have done nothing to deserve it.This regime, now collectively organised under the militarised ‘Operation Sovereign Borders’, involves a number of strategies designed to deter … [Read more...]
#BucketOpinion: Australia’s Approach To Asylum-Seekers & Refugees A Moral Disaster
Australia's international legal obligations to refugees ustralia has international legal obligations in relation to refugees in accordance with the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (the Refugees Convention) and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (the Protocol). Australian legislation acknowledges our protection obligations towards … [Read more...]
#bucketOpinion: Can There Be Any ‘True’ Refugees In A Migrant Crisis?
2015 has been a year of mass migrations.Between January to August 2015, 350,000 irregular migrants entered Europe. An estimated 800,000 migrants seeking asylum are expected to arrive in Germany alone this year.With only four mass migrations occurring in Europe in recorded history, what can be done with so many people in a modern migrant crisis?And who … [Read more...]