Tagged with asylum seekers

Dr Sara Davis writes an article, originally published in The Conversation, discussing the need for a regional refugee summit that brings together civil society, humanitarian groups, international organisations, academics and politicians. “The Australian government should seek a regional approach that supports and enables engagement between local, national and regional NGOs, the UNHCR, regional governments and […]

In an opinion piece in The Conversation Dr Sara Davies examines the government’s view that a large number of people arriving by boat are economic migrants purporting to be refugees. The Conversation is fact checking political statements during the federal election. For the full article click here.

“More than 1000 asylum seekers have perished at sea since Labor relaxed its policies in 2008 — a move it now concedes was a mistake.” — The Australian, 18 July. Dr Sara Davis looks at some of the figures on deaths of asylum seekers, available from 2000 to present. She looks at both those from […]

Prof Colin Brown discusses the political aspects from both Australia and Indonesia of asylum seeker boats. The upcoming election sin Australia could mean that Tony Abbott’s hard line of turning boats back could take effect. However, Indonesia is also going into an election in July 2014 and it is unclear what stance their new leader […]

In an opinion piece in The Conversation Adjunct Professor Colin Brown discusses Indonesia’s perspective on the Australian government’s and opposition’s asylum seeker policies. Click here to go to the full article.

Dr Sara Davies discusses the agreement between Italy and Libya on asylum seekers and the pushbacks. She draws links between the policies of Italy and the EU with potential pathways Australia may be heading down.   You can read the article here: http://protectiongateway.com/2013/02/05/asylum-seekers-the-responsible-state-and-those-pushbacks/   Join the conversation via The Human Protection Hub or via Facebook

Dr Sara Davies speaks with SBS’s Naomi Selvaratnam about the number of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka. She says: “It’s not uncommon in a post-conflict situation, particularly in a situation like Sri Lanka where it was a civil war, and where the conflict was in a particular location where there was an ethnic group that […]