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Title Yearning to breathe free : seeking asylum in Australia / editors, Dean Lusher ; Nick Haslam
Published Leichhardt, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2007

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Description xxi, 281 pages ; 22 cm
Summary "Yearning to Breathe Free presents an overview of the historical, social and political contexts that have shaped Australia's recent treatment of asylum seekers. An eminent group of authors offers a clear-eyed view of the many dimensions of the asylum seeker predicament, including its psychological and humanitarian consequences, and lays out an agenda for change in policy." -- Provided by publisher
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography
Subject Asylum, Right of -- Government policy -- Australia.
Asylum, Right of -- Australia -- History.
Asylum, Right of -- Australia -- Psychological aspects.
Human rights.
Author Lusher, Dean.
Haslam, Nick, 1963-
ISBN 9781862876569 paperback