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Screen (9 of 10) ...Refugees and Asylum Seekers ...
 


Projection on the sails of the Sydney Opera House.
Image courtesy of www.boat-people.org


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...Refugees and Asylum Seekers - Listen to Professor Andrew Jakubowicz discuss the events and issues surrounding this topic. Read text commentary
Interviews: Queensland refugees - An introduction to narratives of self and survival - More ...
Artworks: Drawings by children in detention - Three drawings by children in detention. - More ...
Information Pamphlets: Face the Facts: Questions and Answers About Refugees and Asylum Seekers - Nine questions and answers about refugees and asylum seekers, and links to further material. - More ...
Video Transcripts: ...About Woomera - A transcript from the Four Corners TV program. - More ...
Information Pamphlets: Debunking the Myths about Asylum Seekers - A joint publication of Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education and the School of Education, Australian Catholic University. - More ...
Information Pamphlets: Debunking More Myths about Asylum Seekers - The second edition of a publication by the Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education and the Australian Catholic University on asylum seekers. - More ...
Reports: Refugee policy: Is there a way out of this mess? - A paper presented by Chris Sidoti, the National Spokesperson, Human Rights Council of Australia, at the Racial Respect Seminar, Canberra 21 February 2002 - More ...
Reports: Australia and Refugees, 1901–2002: An Annotated Chronology Based on Official Sources - This detailed chronology is based on official sources and covers a long and complex period of Australian immigration and refugee experience, the years 1901 to 2002. - More ...
Reports: Guidelines on Policies and Procedures in dealing with Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum - Prepared by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva - More ...
Miscellaneous Documents: The Story of Fatima - The Story of Fatima (not her real name) taken from Human Rights Watch interview no. 6, Cisawa, Indonesia, April 11, 2002. It details her flight from Iraq. - More ...
Video Transcripts: Survivors of the SIEVX - From the transcript of a videotape of survivors of the SIEVX disaster at Bogor, Indonesia in the week following the shipwreck. By Abu Anmar, of the Australian Aal Al Bayt Centre and Imam Muhammad Al-Sumyany. Translated by Keysar Trad of the Lebanese Muslims Association. - More ...
Web References: World Refugee Survey - The US Committee for Refugees website links to the annual World Refugee Survey. Facts, figures and statistics. - More ...
Reports: U.S. Committee for Refugees, Country Report: Australia - U.S. Committee for Refugees, Country Report: Australia. Information and figures for refugees in Australia. From refugees.org. - More ...
 
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