Refugees
ALTERNATIVE LABELS
Displaced persons
Refugees policy
NARROWER TERMS
Report
What works to protect children on the move?
This rapid evidence assessment provides insights on positive practices to protect children on the move, as well as evidence gaps and recommendations for addressing them.
Report
Inspections of Australia’s immigration detention facilities 2019: report
The Australian Human Rights Commission has conducted inspections of immigration detention facilities in Australia since the mid-1990s. This report documents the Commission’s key observations and concerns, in relation to treatment and conditions in immigration detention arising from inspections of all facilities on the Australian mainland...
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People from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds: an open access annotated bibliography
The third edition of this open access, annotated bibliography has been curated by a collective of scholars who share an interest in the impacts of forced migration on people from refugee, asylum seeking and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) migrant backgrounds. These resources are intended...
Report
Atlas of the stateless
In this report, the authors explain why people become stateless and provide solutions for reducing the number of stateless people worldwide.
Position paper
Mental health and human rights of people on the move
This public statement from Amnesty International looks at the mental health needs of refugees and migrants, and highlights the inadequacies of current responses to them.
Briefing paper
2020-21 Federal Budget: what it means for refugees and people seeking humanitarian protection
A coalition of refugee organisations has condemned the Australian government’s decision to slash support to people seeking asylum in the 2020-21 Budget. This decision, they say, puts over 100 000 people, including around 16 000 children, at further risk of homelessness and destitution.
Briefing paper
COVID-19 and humanitarian migrants on temporary visas: assessing the public costs
This paper examines how unemployment and income loss for temporary humanitarian visa holders impacts on their health and well-being, and projects some of the subsequent fiscal implications for State and Territory governments.
Briefing paper
The impacts of COVID-19 on people seeking asylum and refugees on temporary visas
This briefing focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on asylum seekers holding Bridging Visas (BVs “A”, “C” and “E”), and refugees on Safe Haven Enterprise Visas (SHEVs) and Temporary Protection Visas (TPVs).
Report
Seven years on: an overview of Australia's offshore processing policies
It has been seven years since the Australian government announced that anyone who arrived in Australia by boat to seek protection would be taken to offshore processing centres. This report provides a snapshot of where Australia is at, seven years after the July 2013 announcement.
Report
Locked down and locked out?
During the March-April 2020 lockdown period, the Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) interviewed 41 young people from 17 different cultural backgrounds, connected with their 'Employment Empowers' program. The findings outlined in this report provide a snapshot of the experiences of young people from refugee and...