Australian asylum seekers in 2013

I have republished this article from The New York Times on the plight of asylum seekers & Australia because it is one of the best stories I have read on the topic. In my view it realistically captures the raw emotions involved in seeking asylum by those fleeing a desperate situation in their homeland. It sheds […]

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LEGISLATION GOVERNING AUSTRALIA’S OBLIGATIONS TOWARD ASYLUM SEEKERS & REFUGEES.

ALL INFORMATION BELOW HAS BEEN  REPRINTED FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WEBSITE. Who are asylum seekers and refugees? An asylum seeker is a person who has fled their own country and applied for protection as a refugee. The United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, as amended by its 1967 Protocol(the Refugee Convention), defines […]

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