Refugee Rights and Policy Wrongs

Name: Refugee Rights and Policy Wrongs
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SKU: 9781742236520
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A Frank, Up-to-Date Guide by Experts

By Jane McAdam and Fiona Chong

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Refugee Rights and Policy Wrongs by Jane McAdam and Fiona Chong offers a critically updated examination of Australia's refugee laws and policies. The authors explore how the country’s approach has hardened since their 2014 work, Refugees: Why seeking asylum is legal and Australia's policies are not. The book highlights Australia's failure to meet international commitments, particularly focusing on offshore processing, detention, and boat turnbacks, and reveals the profound human consequences of these practices within a highly politicised context.
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This book is essential for readers interested in human rights, asylum law, and Australian policy. It is particularly suitable for students, educators, policymakers, and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the complexities and ethical challenges surrounding refugee treatment in Australia.

Everyone has the right to seek asylum under international law. However, successive governments in Australia have declared the need to 'stop the boats' whatever the cost, be it human, economic, moral or legal.

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In this new book, Jane McAdam and Fiona Chong find that Australia's policies towards refugees have hardened since their bestselling Refugees: Why seeking asylum is legal and Australia's policies are not was published in 2014. Now, Refugee Rights and Policy Wrongs provides a wholly updated account of Australian refugee law and policy.

Bringing facts to bear on a highly politicised debate, McAdam and Chong explain why Australia falls short of its own international commitments when it comes to policies on offshore processing, detention and boat turnbacks, among others. This up-to-date account of Australia's refugee laws and policies could not come at a more crucial time and is compelling reading for anyone seeking to understand the human impacts of Australia's practices.

This book should be read by all Australians concerned about the inhumanity demonstrated by successive federal governments when dealing with refugees seeking our protection. - Ian McPhee AO

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781742236520

Publisher: NewSouth Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 July 2019

Country: Australia

Imprint: NewSouth Publishing

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 209.0mm

Weight: 285g

Pages: 256

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Education & Reference Fiona Chong Jane McAdam Non-Fiction

About the Author

Jane McAdam is Scientia Professor and Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW. She has served as an expert adviser to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

Fiona Chong is a lawyer and was recently a Human Rights Fellow in the Master of Laws program at Columbia University.