Defending the Refugee Convention

Professor Jane McAdam

First published in The Saturday Paper, 19 November 2016

It is 65 years since the Refugee Convention was adopted. This year, there are 65 million displaced people in the world. The synchronicity of those figures would have caused the drafters of the convention grave concern. The Refugee Convention was intended to provide a consistent and predictable means of granting refugees a legal status, and thus a means of finding a durable solution, whether through local integration, resettlement or voluntary repatriation.

Malcolm Turnbull is breaking international law with cruel lifetime refugee ban

By Jane McAdam and Ben Saul
First published in the Sydney Morning Herald, 9 November 2016

The Turnbull government has proposed a bill to permanently ban refugees from Australia who sought to enter Australia without a visa from mid-2013. Critics have noted that the bill is harsh, excessive and would ban refugees happily resettled in other countries from ever visiting Australia even for business, tourism or to see friends or family.

What if other countries copied Australia's border security example?

By Frances Voon
First published in the Lowy Interpreter, 23 September 2016

Two international summits held in New York this week were intended to generate fresh political will and substantial new pledges to bolster the international response to refugees. Australia's contribution to these summits was not only inadequate, it demonstrated a fundamental misconception of the requirements of international cooperation for refugee protection.

The Australia-Cambodia Refugee Relocation Agreement Is Unique, But Does Little to Improve Protection

By Madeline Gleeson
First published in the Online Journal of the Migration Policy Institute, 21 September 2016

The refugee relocation agreement between Australia and the Kingdom of Cambodia—which marked its second anniversary in September 2016—is simultaneously one of the most extraordinary yet underwhelming components of Australia’s efforts to deter asylum seekers from reaching its territory by boat.

What Australia Needs To Bring To The UN Refugees Summit

By Frances Voon
First published in the The Huffington Post, 16 September 2016

Displacement is a global challenge requiring collective international action. This is the imperative driving two historic international summits taking place this week in New York, which Australia will attend.

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