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Title Asylum seekers and immigration detention / edited by Justin Healey.

Publication Info. Thirroul : The Spinney Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (65 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Series Issues in society ; v. 353
Issues in society ; v. 353.
Note Includes index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
Note Print version record.
Subject Political refugees -- Australia.
Detention of persons -- Australia.
Asylum, Right of -- Australia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
Detention of persons. (OCoLC)fst00891620
Political refugees. (OCoLC)fst01069678
Australia. (OCoLC)fst01204543
Added Author Healey, Justin.
Other Form: Print version: Healey, Justin. Asylum Seekers and Immigration Detention. Thirroul : The Spinney Press, 2013 9781922084033
ISBN 9781922084040 (electronic bk.)
1922084042 (electronic bk.)
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