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Keywords: Asylum Seeker

AUSTRALIA

Navigating the post-Medivac ugliness
- Binoy Kampmark
- 15 February 2019
16 Comments
Having failed to prevent tinkering to the border protection regime, the Morrison government returned to the well Australian politicians have drawn upon when faced with electoral crisis. Mathias Cormann was no less crude in adopting a mode that speaks wonders to the desperation of a government awaiting its electoral deliverance.
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CARTOON

Beastly.
- Fiona Katauskas
- 15 February 2019
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MEDIA

Good news stories from the age of outrage
- Amy Thunig
- 14 February 2019
4 Comments
There are those who say we live in an era of outrage, but the outrageous and inhumane was always there; it's just that we are finally addressing it. It was demonstrated by the passing of the Medivac Bill, and the safe return of Hakeem Al-Araibi, that the voices of Australia, rather than the powerful few, are finally being heard.
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AUSTRALIA

Medivac: the unneeded bill we sorely needed
- Kerry Murphy
- 13 February 2019
8 Comments
During the debates about the bill regarding the transfer of people from Nauru or Manus to Australia for medical treatment, the Prime Minister stated it was 'unnecessary and superfluous'. Legally this should have been the case.
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CARTOON

Political football
- Fiona Katauskas
- 12 February 2019
1 Comment
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INTERNATIONAL

EU's dirty dealings with Libya over refugees
- Ramona Wadi
- 12 February 2019
4 Comments
If refugees drown in the Mediterranean, scrutiny is directed towards Europe. If the deaths happen in Libya, the EU is able to manipulate human rights rhetoric alongside the bloc's concerns. Meanwhile, it remains committed to its deals with the Libyan coastguard, which is fuelling its fair share of human trafficking and exploitation.
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CARTOON

The compassion of Peter Dutton
- Fiona Katauskas
- 05 February 2019
3 Comments
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AUSTRALIA

Lessons from the case of the lucky refugee
- Kerry Murphy
- 25 January 2019
6 Comments
Rahaf Mohammed is very lucky to have been granted residence by Canada so quickly. In my nearly 30 years of working with refugees in various capacities, I have never heard of anyone being granted residence as quickly. The speed of the process, and also the way she conducted her case on social media, bear deeper consideration.
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INTERNATIONAL

Australia misses GCM boat, but it's not too late
- Carolina Gottardo
- 19 December 2018
4 Comments
To abandon the GCM is a loss for all migrant women, men and children affected by human mobility, and creates a strong signal that Australia no longer deems multilateralism as an appropriate approach to global challenges.
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AUSTRALIA

Australia's Christmas cognitive dissonance
- Amy Thunig
- 13 December 2018
6 Comments
I cannot help but think about the level of cognitive dissonance required to believe you hold not only the rights to an entire holiday, but also the moral high ground, all while occupying buildings built on stolen lands. The migration of this celebration to this continent did not happen in isolation from the violence of invasion and colonisation.
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AUSTRALIA

Two sides to Morrison's Rohingya tears
- Andrew Hamilton
- 28 November 2018
7 Comments
Many who are appalled by the sufferings inflicted on people who seek protection in Australia under a policy for whose design and administration Morrison was responsible, saw his tears over the plight of Rohingya refugees as hypocritical. Both Morrison's tears and his critics' varying responses to them merit reflection.
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AUSTRALIA

The politics of asylum-seeking children
- John Warhurst
- 08 November 2018
12 Comments
The government and the opposition are prevaricating and effectively delaying the positive outcome that many in the Australian public are crying out for. The time is ripe for action, but decisive policy movement is still absent.
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Keywords: Asylum Seeker