Legal assistance to refugees

Refugee Council of Australia’s Latest Information on COVID-19 and Refugees

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COVID-19 Update for refugees and people seeking asylum 20 March 2020 Print this As Australia and the world faces the rapidly escalating COVID-19 crisis, we stand with refugees, people seeking asylum and the organisations working with them. A pandemic of this nature, unprecedented in our life-times, brings great uncertainty and fear for all of us, […]

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An alternative to offshore detention

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An alternative to offshore detention by Julian Burnside | Nov 4, 2015 | Asylum Seekers, Human Rights The  present system of dealing with asylum seekers who arrive by boat is cruel (intentionally) and hideously expensive.  There is a rational alternative to the  intentional cruelty of the present system. That system reflects the attempts of both

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The Curse of People Smuggling

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A COMPLEX ISSUE Some Definitions: “The flow of migrants across borders is controlled increasingly by criminal networks. Due to more restrictive immigration policies in destination countries and improved technology to monitor border crossings, “willing illegal” (inverted commas my addition, in view of the known desperation motivating these individuals and in view of the repeated statements

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Effects Of Prolonged Detention On Refugees

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“The policy of detention of asylum seekers as it currently operates in Australia contravenes international human rights law with respect to the detention of asylum seekers.” Anthony Reilly, Detention of Asylum Seekers – A Questionable Policy, published by the Australian Institute of Criminology, 1995 Article 31 of the Convention (on international human rights) gives the

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Fahamu Refugee Programme (Italy)

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Fahamu (which means ‘understanding’ or ‘consciousness’ in Kiswahili) Refugee Programme Italy Pro Bono Directory As UNHCR statistics generally rely on data from host countries, statistics on refugees alone can give an insufficient account of refugee numbers, as some host countries will not grant refugee status to certain groups. Including statistics for individuals in refugee-like situations

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