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Responding to reports that Papua New Guinea’s new Attorney-General Davis Steven has disputed that the Australian Government has PNG’s permission to close the Manus Island detention centre by the end of October and leave any remaining people in PNG, Amnesty International Australia’s Refugees Coordinator Graham Thom said, “The Australian Government must finally resolve the unsustainable …
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For those fleeing violence and persecution and seeking protection in a far-off country, the journey is never easy one – in fact it’s more often a nightmare. When combined with constantly-shifting government policy and convoluted bureaucratic processes, that nightmare can be extended for years. This has been the fate of around 24,000 asylum seekers who …
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Australia’s commitment to take 12,000 Syrians is significant and important, but is it enough? The short answer is no. Australia could and should resettle more. But the Syrian crisis is complex and our response must go beyond just resettlement. What’s life like for Syria’s refugees? I first visited Jordan’s Za’atri refugee camp, 30 kilometres from …
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Graham Thom, Amnesty International Australia’s Refugee Coordinator, recently spent a week in Geneva for the two most important meetings on the refugee campaign calendar. Here, Graham reveals five things that stood out to him during this trip. 1. Syrian refugees are most in need of resettlement while solutions for the Rohingya remain distant Issues relating …
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