In August 2004 Australia's High Court declared by 4:3 that failed asylum seekers who have nowhere to go can be kept in immigration detention indefinitely. In the Al-Khateb and Al Khafaji cases, the majority said that provided the Immigration Minister retained the intention of eventually deporting such people, detention would remain valid. These cases will...

Andrew Beer and Paul Foley analyse 434 interviews with refugees in Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane during 2002-2003. The survey was structured to report on the housing experiences and needs both of Temporary Protection Visa arrivals into Australia and refugee immigrants who came to Australia as the holders of a Permanent Protection Visa. The research adds...

This report for the Brotherhood's Ecumenical Migration Centre draws on interviews with service providers and an examination of the Given the Chance pilot program which offered refugees a flexible case-managed combination of job skills training, mentoring, work experience and personal support. The researchers argue that targeted labour market programs combining individualised and group delivery can...

This resource guide provides links to statistics and information about the world's refugees, asylum seekers and others 'of concern'. It focuses on key agencies and materials that track recent developments and explore current issues. It aims to enable comparisons to be made between Australian and international refugee and asylum seeker responses and policies.

One of the strategies the Australian government has put in place since 2001 for dealing with the arrival of unauthorised people by boat is the excision of islands around northern Australia from the migration zone. The government claims this deters people from making the trip and frustrates the activities of people smugglers, thus protecting and...