Title Borderline : Australia's treatment of refugees and asylum seekers / Peter Mares

Edition [Second reprinting with postscript] Published Sydney : UNSW Press, 2001 ©2001

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Description xiii, 226 pages ; 22 cm regular print Series Reportage Reportage (Sydney, N.S.W.) Contents 1. The new peril -- 2. Water in the desert -- 3. Salt in the wounds -- 4. A credible process -- 5. The never-ending story -- 6. The minister for misery -- 7. A safe haven? -- 8. Compassion is a vice Summary Illegal immigrants - or "boat people" - have featured continuously in the news over the past year. This book opens up the legal and moral debates about Australia's treatment of asylum seekers. Mares draws on a wide range of official and non-official sources to build up a picture of Australia's refugee policies Analysis Federal issue Refugees Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliography Subject Noncitizen detention centers -- Australia. Asylum, Right of -- Australia. Refugees -- Australia. Refugees -- Government policy -- Australia. Refugees -- Australia -- Interviews. Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia. Genre/Form Interviews. LC no. 00002220 ISBN 0868407461

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