Asylum seekers and immigration detention [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Justin Healey

• Pubblicazione: Thirroul, N.S.W., : Spinney Press, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (60 pages) : colour illustrations
• Disciplina: 325.210994
• Soggetto topico: Political refugees - Australia; Detention of persons - Australia
• Altri autori: HealeyJustin
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1. Australia's obligations to asylum seekers -- Chapter 2. Immigration detention in Australia -- Chapter 3. Offshore processing policy debate.
• Sommario/riassunto: The record rate of unauthorised and unsafe boat arrivals on Australian shores has further fuelled the longstanding asylum seeker debate and prompted the federal government to seek an effective solution to a seemingly intractable border control problem. The government's recent policy backdown which resulted in the reintroduction of offshore processing for asylum seekers while at the same increasing the annual refugee intake, has drawn both praise and condemnation. Should Australia 'turn back the boats' of the so-called 'queue jumpers' to deter the unsafe and unscrupulous practices of people smugglers? Should Australia maintain offshore processing in other countries such as Nauru and Papua New Guinea (Manus Island), or process asylum seekers onshore in Australia? What are Australia's obligations to asylum seekers under the Refugee Convention and under its own laws? Is the practice of prolonged mandatory detention adding further trauma to the lives of people who may have already fled from desperate situations in their homelands?
• Titolo autorizzato: Asylum seekers and immigration detention
• ISBN: 1-922084-04-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821110303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; ; v. 353.