Asylum seekers and immigration detention (The Spinney Press, 2013)
Includes index
Chapter 1 -- Australia's obligations to asylum seekers; Chapter 2 -- Immigration detention in Australia; Chapter 3 -- Offshore processing policy debate; Exploring issues -- worksheets and activities; Index
The record rate of unauthorised and unsafe boat arrivals on Australian shores has further fuelled the longstanding asylum seeker debate and prompted the federal government to seek an effective solution to a seemingly intractable border control problem. The government's recent policy backdown which resulted in the reintroduction of offshore processing for asylum seekers while at the same increasing the annual refugee intake, has drawn both praise and condemnation. Should Australia 'turn back the boats' of the so-called 'queue jumpers' to deter the unsafe and unscrupulous practices of people smu