refugees
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How the Government Could Fix Australia’s Unfair Temporary Visa System
The election of the Albanese Labor government brings an opportunity to end one of the most detrimental elements of Australian refugee law and policy in the past decade: the use of temporary visas. Temporary protection has been the only option available for asylum seekers who arrived by boat a decade ago and were recognised as…
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Djokovic May Have Left the Park Hotel, but What About the People Who Remain Detained?
If you’ve been following the case of Novak Djokovic’s arrival in Australia closely, you’ll know that it’s been a confusing series of events. After the tennis player landed in Melbourne, his medical exemption from vaccination was not accepted and he was temporarily moved into immigration detention alongside a number of refugees and asylum seekers at…
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How You Can Help The Refugees On Manus Island
A humanitarian crisis is unfolding on Manus Island, where more than 600 people remain at a now shuttered detention facility cut off from water, food, power and important medications and health services. Most of these people have already been found to be refugees. Watching this entirely avoidable disaster of the Australian government’s creation, it’s easy…