Returning failed asylum seekers is a necessary part of implementing the 1951 Refugee Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the subsequent 1967 protocol, writes Caz Coleman, a member of the Council for Immigration Services and Status Resolution
Refugee Convention
Sri Lanka inadvertently throws Tamils a lifeline
Disparaging comments about Tamil asylum seekers by the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Australia makes it almost certain they will meet the criteria of the Refugee Convention, even if they didn’t before, writes Andrew Bartlett.
Electoral politics are more important than the Refugee Convention?
The Indonesian Solution is significantly better diplomatically, but significantly worse for refugees, writes Michael O’Keefe. Refugees won’t enter Australian waters and will be stuck at the same refugee processing point as when they left their homes.
Crikey Says: Australia takes its pick of the refugee litter
Humanitarian migration allows Australia to siphon off the best-educated and most-talented citizens of embattled countries, while poorer refugees remain trapped in camps and on leaky boats.
Most vulnerable refugees now protected
New changes to visas mean that women at risk of honour killings or genital mutilation will be eligible for refugee status and won’t have to rely on ministerial discretion for protection.
