‘I never said I want to go to Australia’: Behrouz Boochani rejects Peter Dutton barring him from the country (SBS) 29 Feb 2020
Behrouz Boochani’s book, No Friend But The Mountains, to be made into a film
(The Guardian) 24 Feb 20
Refugee and Indigenous Australian experiences drawn together in exhibition by artist Vernon Ah Kee (ABC) 24 Feb 2020
Meet the Aussie Expats Fighting to Give Asylum Seekers A Fair Go
(Marie Claire) 23 Feb 2020
As a co-creator of the new ABC series Stateless, Cate Blanchett hopes to challenge Australian attitudes towards asylum seekers
(The Saturday Paper) 22 Feb 2020
‘The only one who made it out’: Incredible Manus Island escape revealed
(Brisbane Times) 22 Feb 2020
Scott Morrison’s politics of division
(Independent Australia) 20 Feb 2020
Manus Island refugees injured by mob attack in Port Moresby
(RadioNZ) 20 Feb 2020
Cate Blanchett on global politics and immigration detention: ‘You’re living in a system that’s gone mad’ The Guardian (20 Feb 2020)
Hopes detained Tamil family may be moved to Christmas Island duplex
The Australian – paywall (20 Feb 2020)
Refugee lobbyists take aim at Labor over ‘work scam’ plane arrivals crackdown (The Australian) 18 February 2020
Almost 900,000 Syrians are displaced with nowhere to go amid conflict in north-west, UN says (ABC News) 18 February 2020
Judge concerned with Biloela redactions (Western Australian) 16 February 2020
Australia’s offshore detention is unlawful, says international criminal court prosecutor (Guardian Australia) 15 February 2020
Government stalling on Howard refugee compo
(The Saturday Paper) 15 February 2020
The abuse of people in detention happens in secret; OPCAT findings must be made public (Jesuit Social Services) 14 February 2020
Refugee scholarship winner calls for more ‘stories empowered by women’
(SBS News) 14 February 2020
Offshore detention conditions may constitute a breach of international law, but Australia won’t be prosecuted (SBS News) 14 February 2020
Nhill is $105m the richer for taking refugees (The Australian) 14 February 2020
Concerns about systemic cruelty and arbitrariness in Australia’s immigration detention system raised with two United Nations bodies ahead of their visits to Australia
(Refugee Council of Australia) 11 February 2020
At least 15 refugees drown after boat sinks off Bangladesh
(Yahoo News) 11 February 2020
‘Creeping normalisation of hate’: Labor calls for national anti-racism campaign
(SMH) 11 February 2020
Indonesians jailed as children in Australia take case to Federal Court
(ABC) 11 February 2020
Iranian-Kurdish metal musician among 80 refugees holed up in Brisbane hotel
(ABC News ) 11 February 2020
Concerns about systemic cruelty and arbitrariness in Australia’s immigration detention system raised with two United Nations bodies ahead of their visits to Australia (Refugee Council of Australia) 11 February 2020
Australian OPCAT Network reports on immigration issues
(Kaldor Centre) 10 February 2020
Rohingya justice: Why the ICJ’s public rebuke of Myanmar matters
(Aljazeera) 8 February 2020
A refugee’s remarkable escape story from war to Australia
(SBS News) 8 February 2020; see People share the one item they brought from their homeland (SBS) 7 March 2018
Christmas Island and the rise of mandatory detention
(The Saturday Paper) 8 February 2020
‘We must do better’: Government plans overhaul of English language courses for refugees (SBS News) 7 February 2020
Aust to trial English classes for refugees (Canberra Times) 7 February 2020
Syrian camp removal needed as trials start (Nine News) 7 February 2020
Refugee Resettlement: ‘Tremendous Gap’ persists between Needs, and Spaces on offer (UN Victoria News) 6 February 2020
Peter Dutton’s trifecta of border protection failures
(Independent Australia) 6 February 2020
Go bush for jobs, humanitarian refugees told (The Australian) 6 February 2020
Reuniting refugee families (Sanctuary Australia Foundation) 5 February 2020
More resettlement needed as only 4.5 per cent of global resettlement needs met in 2019 (UNHCR) 5 February 2020
Keeping the Australian Government accountable: a guide (RCOA) 4 February 2020
2020’s ‘wind of madness’ indicates growing instability: UN chief
(UN News) 4 February 2020
Germany: Half of refugees find jobs within five years (DW News) 4 February 2020
Transforming refugee policies in Indonesia (The Asean Post) 2 February 2020
