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Boat people genuine refugees
Bianca Hall (source 
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More than 90 per cent of boat people were found to be genuine refugees in the March quarter, figures to be released on Monday show. But asylum seekers who arrived by plane – despite being eligible for release into the community – were almost twice as likely to be rejected as refugees. The new figures come after the government, with Coalition support, passed its changes … Continue reading
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Parliament excises mainland from migration zone
Karen Barlow and staff (source )
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The entire Australian mainland has been excised from the migration zone in a bid to deter the arrival of asylum seekers. Photo: All asylum seekers could soon be sent to offshore immigration processing centres. (Roslan Rahman: AFP) Up until now, asylum seekers who reached the mainland by boat could not be sent offshore to Nauru or Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island for immigration processing. The … Continue reading
‘Does anyone seriously think this is about a broken condom?’
Leanne Mezrani (source )
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High-profile QC Julian Burnside has said the Swedish government has given away its true motivation for seeking to extradite Julian Assange. Burnside told Lawyers Weekly that it is important to expose the illogical steps being taken by Sweden to get the WikiLeaks founder into custody. “I do not believe that all of this fuss and bother is about an arguably broken condom … it is … Continue reading
Greens push Coalition to get children off Manus
Bianca Hall (source )
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The Greens have issued a challenge to the Coalition to help them bring asylum seeker children back from Manus Island to the mainland. Asylum seeking children on Manus Island. Photo: Asylum Seeker Resource Centre When parliament resumes later this month, the party’s immigration spokeswoman Senator Sarah Hanson-Young will move to amend the Migration Act. If her push is successful, it would block this and future … Continue reading
Inspiring barrister to speak at leadership conference
Brigid O Gorman (source )
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A barrister and refugee advocate who fostered a teenage Afghan refugee will be one of the speakers at the Law and Justice Leadership Conference, which takes place next week as part of Law Week. Foley’s List barrister Jessie Taylor will be joined at the Conference, which is aimed at students in Year 7 and 8, by former High Court justice Michael Kirby, who will give … Continue reading
Guantanamo lawyer to defend Nauru 10
Bianca Hall (source )
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EXCLUSIVE – There’s a certain similarity between the fate of asylum seekers detained on Nauru and Manus Island and terror accused David Hicks, retired Marine Corps lawyer Michael [Dan] Mori acknowledges. Michael Mori, the former US Military Lawyer who defended David Hicks is now representing asylum seeking detainees at Nauru. Photo: Justin McManus Both are often maligned in public opinion, he says, but asylum seekers … Continue reading
Vandals deface Liberal Party boats billboard
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Vandals have defaced a Liberal Party billboard in Perth just hours after it was unveiled by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. Photo: The figures were whited out and turned to zero with ‘no crime to seek asylum’ written on the Liberal Party billboard. (ABC: Barry Duxton) The billboard claimed more than 600 “illegal” asylum seeker boats have arrived in Australia since the Labor Party won government. … Continue reading
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British MPs want asylum seekers’ camp set up in Kenya
JAMES KARIUKI (source )
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The UK could confine asylum seekers in leased houses in Kenya if a proposal by Conservative Party MPs aimed at reducing illegal immigrants is approved. British Prime Minister David Cameron. The PM called for introduction of stringent measures to curb easy granting of citizenship to foreigners. AFP In Summary British MPs want immigrants shipped to ‘safe houses’ in Kenya and upkeep paid by the UK … Continue reading
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Facts about refugees
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This is a rigorously fact-checked resource, which provides key information and statistics for journalists, editors and advocates on asylum seeker issues. Facts may be in short supply. It appears the Australian community is seriously misinformed about asylum seekers. In its polling in March 2012 Essential Research found that 23% of Australians believe that asylum seekers coming by boat represented 25% or more of the Australian … Continue reading
