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Category Archives: Refugees
Australia’s refugee policy under siege: PM ignored at UN, re-submission to ICC, lawyers seek global help
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull cut a lonely figure as he outlined his immigration policy at the UN on 20 September. Increasingly under pressure for his government’s transport of refugees from the open seas to detention centres on Manus Island … Continue reading
BREAKING: Aussie lawyers take direct action to resolve impasse on Nauru & Manus refugees
In August 2015, The Canary published an article – Without immediate action, Australia’s ongoing crisis will just get worse (and a longer version was published here). The article argued that when a Government reaches an impasse of its own making … Continue reading
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Theresa May prefers refugees are out of sight, out of mind: try explaining that to the Yazidis
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron described Britain as “mean” for the attitude it displays to refugees. There are many Britons who would welcome refugees, and Farron was no doubt referring to a certain type of British citizen (either conservative or chauvinist) rather … Continue reading
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Tagged Calais Jungle, Iraq, Kurds, PKK, Sinjar, Syria, Turkey, Yazidis, YPG, YPJ
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Australian Government clueless on what next for offshore refugees: time for others to take charge
The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Supreme Court has confirmed that the PNG and Australian governments are jointly responsible for complying with an earlier ruling that the Manus Island refugee detention camp should be closed and that the imprisonment of the … Continue reading
What have war-ravaged Arab children, Calais jungle kids & abused Aboriginal youths in common?
The boy’s face says it all. Bewilderment, resignation – immune to the horror of what is happening. He has seen war as commonplace for years. His family – mother, father, siblings – are still to be rescued. He casually wipes … Continue reading
Australia to close Manus Island refugee camp – but there’s a twist…
On 17 August, Papua New Guinea (PNG) finally forced Australia to agree to the closure of its refugee detention centre on Manus Island. The latter agreed to this decision in order to avoid a PNG Supreme Court hearing, scheduled for August 22, … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Broadspectrum, Ferrovial, Manus Island, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Serco, Wilson Security
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‘Nauru Files’: Universal Jurisdiction threat to Australian government and Spanish multinational
The release and publication by Guardian Australia journalists of the ‘Nauru Files’ show that Wilson Security, the company that manages security at the refugee gulags on Nauru and Manus Island, has been responsible for downgrading those files – i.e. a … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Broadspectrum, Ferrovial, Manus Island, Nauru, Wilson Security
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