Asylum seekers and immigration detention / Healey, Justin.

By:

Healey, Justin

Series: Issues in societyPublication details: Thirroul, N.S.W. : Spinney, 2013.Description: 60 p. : col. ill., mapISBN:

9781922084033

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DDC classification:

SS 325 ASY

Summary: Abstract: Summary: Should Australia 'turn back the boats' of the so-called 'queue jumpers' to deter the unsafe and unscrupulous practices of people smugglers? Should Australia maintain offshore processing in other countries such as Nauru and Papua New Guinea (Manus Island), or process asylum seekers onshore in Australia? What are Australia's obligations to asylum seekers under the Refugee Convention and under its own laws? Is the practice of prolonged mandatory detention adding further trauma to the lives of people who may have already fled from desperate situations in their homelands?

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Non Fiction	Dee Why Library	325 ASY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		R80883PSLGS

Abstract: Summary: Should Australia 'turn back the boats' of the so-called 'queue jumpers' to deter the unsafe and unscrupulous practices of people smugglers? Should Australia maintain offshore processing in other countries such as Nauru and Papua New Guinea (Manus Island), or process asylum seekers onshore in Australia? What are Australia's obligations to asylum seekers under the Refugee Convention and under its own laws? Is the practice of prolonged mandatory detention adding further trauma to the lives of people who may have already fled from desperate situations in their homelands?

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