Stateless in Kuwait
While societal silence strips away the rights of fellow individuals who are systemically rendered voiceless, individual courage can realise breakthroughs, writes Mubarak H.
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Australia and Europe: Failing the World’s Refugees
Now more than ever, Australia and Europe must enact policies that respect the right of asylum, says Dr Jeff Crisp, policy advisor to Refugees International.
Where there is sin, lies redemption: A story of refugees
These Are The Names is a deeply compassionate and poetic novel that revolves around the themes of displacement and migration, writes Khalid Warsame.
Australia-Cambodia Refugee Deal Neglects Permanent Solution
The Australian government’s refugee deal with a poverty-stricken country is burden shifting, and not a true regional solution for asylum seekers, writes Billy Tai.
Bleeding Hearts
After a week of tragedy and heartbreak, Senthorun Raj wonders how our emotions shape how we understand and respond to injustice.
Seeking Asylum
New poetry by Anna Maria Drutzel.
The suffering of the asylum seeker
Formed out a collaborative process, a series of shorts films produced by a group of community-based asylum seekers challenges perceptions of the refugee experience in Australia.
What we can learn from grief
Columnist Suzana Jacmenovic wonders if collective and familial grief – at the looming executions of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, at the senseless deaths of Reza Berati and Hamid Kehazaei – might teach us something about human rights.
Vessels and Wombs: Being Born a “Boat Person”
Asylum-seeker children born in Australia are still deemed “unauthorised maritime arrivals”. Sayomi Ariyawansa explains this peculiar situation in Australian law.
We want to fully represent ourselves
Leona Hameed speaks with Ramesh Fernandez, the founder and CEO of RISE: Refugees, Survivors and Ex- Detainees.
As Myanmar Transitions, People Continue To Flee
Despite recent political and economic changes, decades of conflict and government-inflicted abuses in Myanmar still force people to flee across its borders.
Peter Drew: Real Australians Say Welcome
Maggie Watson takes a look at artist Peter Drew’s project, Real Australians Say Welcome, which asks us to reflect on our views of asylum seekers and what it means to be Australian.