Asylum seekers have long been the consequence of war, poverty and natural disaster. The term 'asylum seeker' refers to a human being seeking refuge from hardship or persecution. Whilst multilaterals such as the UN recognise their dire circumstances and universal human rights under, the media ...
The findings suggest that government media and Internet strategies focused on deterring asylum seekers are adopted without full regard to how information is sourced before and during these boat journeys. 展开 关键词: AUSTRALIA REFUGEES POLITICAL refugees RIGHT of asylum AUSTRALIAN politics & government, ...
This paper looks at the way the Australian media has reported the “crisis” of refugees and asylum seekers landing on Australia’s shores without authorisation. The author argues that the arrival of the “boat people” is in fact a “pseudo crisis” and that the level of anxiety attached ...
Today 60 million refugees, and asylum seekers are internally displaced . This is almost double what it was 10 years ago. Mega conflicts in Syria and Iraq have displaced millions of people. These are conflicts that are pushing refugees and migrants into flight. The world is in the midst of ...
CANBERRA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Asylum-seekers in Australia's Manus Island detention center who are not genuine refugees will be sent back to their country of origin this year, Australia's Immigration Minister Peter Dutton confirmed on Thursday. ...
The Australian government has come under criticism after the launch of a website that includes video games and a film competition, supposedly to deter asylum seekers from Sri Lanka fleeing the island. The website –www.zerochance.lk– includes a Pacman-style video game where the play...
Since then, the number of refugees and asylum seekers reaching Australia has increased substantially (17 555 refugees in 2015-16) and the countries of origin have changed. These groups are likely to have had poor access to health care......
“Some people have even gone to the extent of self-harming and people have self-immolated in an effort to get to Australia.” Under its hardline immigration policy, asylum seekers intercepted trying to reach Australia by boat are sent for processing to Australian-funded camps on Nauru, which ...
Canberra has been under pressure from rights groups to release children from the centers, with doctors and whistleblowers saying the detention of asylum-seekers has left some struggling with mental health problems. “We’ve succeeded since the change of government (in September 2013) not only in ...
Amy Nethery and Carly Gordyn, "Australia-Indonesia Cooperation on Asylum Seekers: A Case of `Incentivised Policy Transfer,'" Australian Journal of International Affairs 68, no. 2 (2013): 181.Nethery, A., and C. Gordyn. 2014. "Australia-Indonesia Cooperation on Asylum Seekers: A Case of ...