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View article: 'Nowhere to be found’: disabled refugees and asylum seekers within the Australian resettlement landscape
'Nowhere to be found’: disabled refugees and asylum seekers within the Australian resettlement landscape Open
Australia has long placed restrictions on the immigration of people with disabilities. While recent civil society mobilisation has forced some shift in policy, it is far from clear whether this will result in people with disabilities being…
View article: Doing something for the future: building relationships and hope through refugee and asylum seeker advocacy in Australia
Doing something for the future: building relationships and hope through refugee and asylum seeker advocacy in Australia Open
This chapter critically reflects on the authors’ involvement in an advocacy group based in Western Australia that comprises people from an asylum-seeking background as well as those who are Australian citizens. The chapter explores how tho…
View article: ‘It put me in their shoes’: challenging negative attitudes towards asylum seekers among Australian children
‘It put me in their shoes’: challenging negative attitudes towards asylum seekers among Australian children Open
This paper evaluates a short school-based intervention run by Australian Red Cross, designed to reduce children’s prejudice towards asylum seekers. A total of 121 children aged between 10 to 12 in four schools in Perth, Western Australia, …
View article: Facilitating Access to Higher Education for People Seeking Asylum in Australia: Institutional and Community Responses
Facilitating Access to Higher Education for People Seeking Asylum in Australia: Institutional and Community Responses Open
Higher education remains unattainable for many people seeking asylum in Australia, where temporary visa status renders individuals ineligible for a range of government services including assistance with financing tertiary study. Many unive…
View article: COVID-19 and the relentless harms of Australia’s punitive immigration detention regime
COVID-19 and the relentless harms of Australia’s punitive immigration detention regime Open
Calls for the urgent release of people seeking asylum, refugees and other non-citizens held in immigration detention centres began as soon as the magnitude and reach of the global health crisis associated with COVID-19 became clear.Public …
View article: 'My Study Is the Purpose of Continuing My Life': The Experience of Accessing University for People Seeking Asylum in Australia.
'My Study Is the Purpose of Continuing My Life': The Experience of Accessing University for People Seeking Asylum in Australia. Open
People seeking asylum in Australia face complex and significant barriers accessing higher education. Due to the temporary nature of their visa, their only pathway to university is being granted admission as an international student, which …
View article: People Seeking Asylum in Australia and their Access to Employment: Just What Do We Know?
People Seeking Asylum in Australia and their Access to Employment: Just What Do We Know? Open
Public and political claims about the employment of people from a refugee background in Australia do not always reflect the research findings in this area. For example, recent claims by a senior Coalition Government Minister about people s…
View article: Limited Resettlement and Ongoing Uncertainty: responses to and experiences of people seeking asylum in Australia and Indonesia
Limited Resettlement and Ongoing Uncertainty: responses to and experiences of people seeking asylum in Australia and Indonesia Open
In the wake of the Coalition Government’s narrow victory in the first Australian election since the adoption of policies known as Operation Sovereign Borders, this special edition of Cosmopolitan Civil Societies focuses its attention on th…