HOW TO VOTE FOR REFUGEE RIGHTS The Refugee Action Collective wants everyone to think about refugee rights when voting. ELECTION 2010: Information 9 August 2010
The asylum freeze and international law An Inside Story article by Savitri Taylor, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at La Trobe University. Labor Asylum Freeze: Issues 14 April 2010
Afghan and Sri Lanka asylum visa freeze
ON 9 April, the Australian government announced a freeze on processing new asylum claims for Sri Lankan nationals for three months and for Afghan nationals for six months. Labor Asylum Freeze: Information 9 April 2010
Sri Lanka isn’t safe: Nor is Afgahistan or Pakistan
The government claimed that one reason for suspending Sri Lankan visa applications was new country information. Only days later, the UNHCR reported the scale of the Sri Lankan human rights violations Labor Asylum Freeze: Information 9 April 2010
Joint Statement: No to the Indonesian Solution Joint Statement by Confederation Congress of Indonesia Union Alliance, Working Peoples Association, Refugee Action Coalition for protest at Australian embassy, 28 December, 11am Indonesion Solution: Information 28 December 2009
Australia’s expanding borders Our border cooperation with regional neighbours has entered questionable territory, writes Savitri Taylor. Indonesion Solution: Issues 9 December 2009