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Refugee status determination
Asylum seekers policy
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Fact Check: Have the asylum seekers on Nauru not proven themselves to be genuine refugees?


One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson claims that the asylum seekers who remain on Nauru have failed to prove they are genuine refugees, so should not come to Australia.
Article

Why Labor should break the refugee deadlock


The Opposition should swallow Scott Morrison’s bitter pill. But it also needs a longer-term plan, writes Peter Mares.
Report

Refugee alternatives 2018: improving policy, practice and public support


This publication outlines the outcomes of the second annual Refugee Alternatives conference, held in February 2018. The two-day conference, hosted at the University of Melbourne, brought together a broad range of expertise from across the country and globally to cover topics of displacement, protection, cooperation, wellbeing, resilience, education, advocacy, and unity.
Report

Australia's man-made crisis on Nauru: six years on


On 14 September 2012, Australia sent the first people back to Nauru under the second version of its offshore processing policy. This joint report examines what is happening to around 900 people who are still stuck on Nauru six years later, including an estimated 109 children.
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Waving, but also drowning


The rising death toll in the Mediterranean reflects a deeper problem with European policy towards irregular migrants.