Asylum by Boat
Origins of Australia's Refugee Policy
Published on 19. October 2017
120 pages
978-1-74224-404-4 (ISBN)
Description
In the late 1970s, 2000 Vietnamese arrived in Australia by boat, fleeing persecution. Their arrival presented a challenge to politicians, but the way the Fraser government handled it, and the resettlement of tens of thousands more Indochinese refugees, marked a turning point in Australia's immigration history. Turn-backs and detention were proposed, and rejected. Claire Higgins' important book recounts these extraordinary events. It is driven by the question of how we moved from a humanitarian approach to policies of mandatory detention − including on remote islands − and boat turn-backs.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney
Australia
Product notice
Windows
File size
0,52 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-74224-404-4 (9781742244044)
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09/2017
UNSW Press
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Controlling the story
- 2. Recognised as refugees
- 3. A country of resettlement
- 4. A country of 'first asylum'
- 5. A relatively friendly affair
- 6. Detention
- How did we get here?
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
