Vacation During Wartime
Poet Vivienne Mohan considers the impact of war on everyday lives.
Tag Archives: Asylum Seekers – Page 3
Manus
In this poem writer John Bartlett considers the plight of the asylum seekers on Manus Island detention centre.
Another Hour Passes
Trauma counsellor and writer Dinesha Perera evokes the human toll of detention in her short story ‘Another Hour Passes’.
Drifting
This creative work argues that it’s time to change the violence of offshore detention.
Call them what they are: Australia’s concentration camps
Offshore detention. For two decades, no two words have plagued Australian politics as doggedly as these. Anthony Levin draws a disturbingly accurate picture Australia’s offshore detention centres that we may or may not be ready for.
What can we learn from the 2013 Nauru offshore detention centre riot?
Mark Isaacs’ new book addresses the key issues surrounding transparency and accountability following the July 2013 riot at Nauru’s offshore immigration detention centre.
First-hand accounts of Australian offshore and onshore detention
Stories from Detention, the book and exhibition, are an important collection of stories recording lived experiences of offshore and onshore detention.
Crossing a line
James Robertson-Hirst takes a journey across borders and wonders how much has really changed in this globalised world.
To stop boat deaths, abolish carrier sanctions and let asylum seekers travel by plane
If asylum seekers can’t board a plane to Australia without a visa, they are forced to take dangerous sea journeys to find safety.
Aylan Kurdi
Poet Virginia Lowe reflects on asylum seekers and the impact such experiences have on children.