Category Archives: Immigration and refugees

Trust me, I’m Scott Morrison …

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Ken Parish

I wrote a post a couple of weeks ago which inter alia condemned the drastic breach of Australia’s fundamental human rights obligations perpetrated by the Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 (currently being … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration and refugees, Politics - national | 22 Comments

A charter city for refugees?

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Ken Parish

Here is quite a good article seeking to “reframe” the asylum seeker debate. It takes a reasonably moderate, non-hysterical approach. I haven’t written on the subject recently myself, because I have been feeling a little conflicted. On the one hand, … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration and refugees | 24 Comments

The Dunera: kicking off an exciting life

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Nicholas Gruen

An excerpt from the Dunera News. (for those who don’t know, the Dunera was the prison ship on which my father was deported to Australia in 1940 with the Battle of Britain raging around them). The exerpt is an autobiographical … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Immigration and refugees, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

‘…all the way up through the chain.’

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Paul Bamford (aka Gummo T)

Scott Morrison was on RN Breakfast on Monday 25 November, hosing down the idea that the diplomatic row with Indonesia over past spying on the Indonesian President and his wife might impede Operation Sovereign Borders. That was the day before … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration and refugees, Politics - national, Society | 3 Comments

Shock! Horror! I agree with Greg Sheridan

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Ken Parish

I don’t often agree with Greg Sheridan, and I certainly don’t agree with the whole of his article on asylum seeker policy in today’s Weekend Australian. But he certainly says a lot that is worth thinking about and makes numerous … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration and refugees, Politics - national | 2 Comments

Real problem or “race to the bottom”? – Part II

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Ken Parish

In Part I of this article I outlined the major shortcomings of the Refugees Convention and traced the ways it was contributing to the current influx of boat-borne asylum seekers to Australia and the ongoing political controversy that has engendered. … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration and refugees, Law | 15 Comments

Real problem or “race to the bottom”? – Part I

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Ken Parish

Liberal Catholic priest and legal academic Father Frank Brennan thinks Australia’s current asylum seeker policies, which are effectively bipartisan despite the electorally-driven sound and fury, exhibit a disturbing “race to the bottom” tendency. Sydney Morning Herald columnist  Sam de Brito … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration and refugees, Law | 11 Comments