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REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS

Precarious Lives
Former International Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service, Mark Raper SJ considers vulnerable people outside their place of orgin whose rights are not adequately protected by existing mechanisms.

Complementary Protection
Submissions on the Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection) Act 2009 are now availabe online.

Australia's Contribution Modest
The Refugee Council of Australia looks at recent asylum seeker statistics and concludes that, contrary to popular opinion, Australia is not doing more than its share.

Rejecting the Climate Change Refugee Label
Researchers Jane McAdam and Maryanne Loughry tell how the term refugee has too many negative connotations for the people of Tuvalu and Kiribati.

Regional Settlement Bibliography
A useful list of references from RCOA.

International Statistics
The latest statistics from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Refugee Convention Q & A
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees provides answers to frequently asked questions about the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 1951.

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951
The Convention and its 1967 Protocol provide a foundation for international efforts to assist refugees and protect their rights.

Jubilee Charter of the Rights of Displaced People
Prepared for the Great Jubilee of Migrants and Itinerant People in 2000, it identifies the most important rights of refugees, asylum seekers and displaced people recognized by international law, and calls for more action to realise these rights.

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