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Essays & Reportage
Lighting the dark waters
Amin Ansari
2 February 2016
In his winning entry for the 2015 Gavin Mooney Memorial Essay Competition,
Amin Ansari
shows how social media is changing perceptions of asylum seekers seeking safety in Australia
National Affairs
Another cruel twist in Australia’s refugee policy
Peter Mares
24 December 2015
Australia has passed up the option of settling offshore refugees in New Zealand, writes
Peter Mares
International
Making nice and making enemies
John Besemeres
10 December 2015
Vladimir Putin’s actions in the Middle East reflect his view that all relationships are zero-sum games, writes
John Besemeres
Books & Arts
Unleashed
Jane Goodall
13 November 2015
Television
| What kind of species are we? A night in front of the TV had some answers, writes
Jane Goodall
Correspondents
Is Germany able to do this?
Klaus Neumann
29 October 2015
In the third of a series of articles about Germany’s response to the refugee crisis,
Klaus Neumann
reports from the German–Austrian border
Correspondents
Germany divided
Klaus Neumann
27 October 2015
Twenty-five years after reunification, the mass arrival of refugees in recent weeks has exposed old and new fault lines, writes
Klaus Neumann
Correspondents
Merkel’s high-stakes stand
Klaus Neumann
19 October 2015
German chancellor Angela Merkel has shaken off a reputation for indecisiveness, writes
Klaus Neumann
. But can she hold the line on asylum seekers as circumstances change?
National Affairs
Not as easy as it looks
Peter Brent | Mumble
24 September 2015
The pressure has intensified for the government’s top two office-holders, writes
Peter Brent
Essays & Reportage
Safe havens: two cautionary tales
Peter Mares
9 September 2015
Under pressure from popular opinion, politicians’ children and outspoken backbenchers, the government has announced an extra 12,000 places for refugees from Syria. This…
Correspondents
Europe’s, and Britain’s, migration fix
David Hayes
8 September 2015
An influx of neighbours is testing Europe’s unity and values, and Britain’s instinct for semi-detachment, writes
David Hayes
in London
National Affairs
The Liberal nonconformist from Sydney’s west
Robert Milliken
8 September 2015
Liberal MP Craig Laundy’s call for the Abbott government to take more refugees from Syria has upset conservatives in his party. He discusses his frustration with…
International
Stepping up to the plate
Klaus Neumann
7 September 2015
A line by Angela Merkel helps us understand the extraordinary welcome being given to displaced people in Germany, writes
Klaus Neumann
National Affairs
Labor’s half-step forward on refugees
Arja Keski-Nummi
11 August 2015
Some encouraging developments got lost in the coverage of Labor’s national conference, writes
Arja Keski-Nummi
Essays & Reportage
“A striking illustration of how noble compassion can circle the globe”
Klaus Neumann
12 June 2015
The low-key public debate over the arrival of European refugees in the late 1930s contrasts dramatically with the outcry when Jewish Holocaust survivors arrived nearly a decade…
Correspondents
Myanmar and the Rohingya: the case for quiet diplomacy
Thomas Kean
8 June 2015
Without letting the government off the hook, we need to recognise the pressures that influence Myanmar’s policies in Rakhine State, writes
Thomas Kean
in Yangon
National Affairs
Equal protection of the law?
Savitri Taylor
14 May 2015
Has Australia cut itself adrift from international law?
Savitri Taylor
looks at the implications of recent refugee-related legislation
International
Boat people and gunships in the Mediterranean
Klaus Neumann
12 May 2015
The challenge is to convince European governments and civil society that there is no easy solution to irregular migration, writes
Klaus Neumann
. In the meantime,…
International
Out of sight, out of mind
Antje Missbach & Anne Mcnevin
14 April 2015
Stopping the boats masks a bleak waiting game for refugees and asylum seekers stranded in Indonesia, write
Antje Missbach
and
Anne McNevin
National Affairs
That’s their story, and they’re sticking to it
Jane Goodall
15 February 2015
Much more than an attempted leadership spill went on at Parliament House during the week, writes
Jane Goodall
. But the script stayed the same
National Affairs
Scott Morrison’s unfinished business
Peter Mares
4 February 2015
As immigration minister, Scott Morrison set in train three major legislative amendments that increase ministerial discretion and reduce transparency and accountability, writes…
International
Who is afraid of Pegida?
Klaus Neumann
30 January 2015
Anti-immigration demonstrations in the old East Germany have been dwarfed by crowds across Germany supporting the country’s new openness, writes
Klaus Neumann
Essays & Reportage
“Queue jumping”: the view from afar
David Corlett
27 January 2015
The fairness of Australia’s refugee policies looks different at the Al Zaatari camp, writes
David Corlett
National Affairs
“Our boats, our people, our knowledge”
Antje Missbach & Anne Mcnevin
5 November 2014
Australia is sending dubious messages to Indonesian fishing communities, write
Antje Missbach
and
Anne McNevin
National Affairs
Beyond deterrence: reframing the asylum seeker debate
Anne McNevin, Damir Mitric, Klaus Neumann & Savitri Taylor & Peter Mares
13 October 2014
It’s time to fundamentally rethink Australia’s approach to asylum seekers, free of narrow assumptions about what’s politically feasible, write
Anne
…
Essays & Reportage
“Queue jumpers” and the perils of crossing Sydney Harbour on a Manly ferry
Klaus Neumann
1 October 2014
The treatment of boat arrivals during the 1977 federal election campaign shows that political orthodoxy doesn’t always prevail, writes
Klaus Neumann
National Affairs
Beyond Operation Sovereign Borders
Bob Douglas and Claire Higgins
1 August 2014
A roundtable of experienced policy-makers and stakeholders looked at better ways of managing the asylum seeker caseload, write
Bob Douglas
and
Claire Higgins
Essays & Reportage
Unlawful deliveries
Peter Mares
26 June 2014
Babies born in detention are taking the federal government to court. Meanwhile, being locked up is making their parents dangerously ill, writes
Peter Mares
Books & Arts
New Zealand as a refuge: half-myths and partial realities
David Pearson
8 May 2014
David Pearson
reviews a careful but challenging account of New Zealand’s treatment of refugees and asylum seekers
National Affairs
The asylum-seeker plan that keeps disappearing over the horizon
Peter Browne
9 April 2014
The collateral damage is too great for policy-by-slogan to be sustainable, writes
Peter Browne
. The alternative can bring benefits for asylum seekers and for Australia
Books & Arts
Refugees making history
Klaus Neumann
9 December 2013
Klaus Neumann
reviews two books that put displaced people at the heart of contemporary history
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