Refugee Rights and Policy Wrongs: A frank, up-to-date guide by experts

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Everyone has the right toseek asylum under international law, but public discourse in Australia aboutrefugees is dominated by scare-mongering and political point-scoring. Thegovernment seeks to `stop the boats' whatever the cost, be it human, economic,moral or legal.In this new book, JaneMcAdam and Fiona Chong find that Australia's policies towards refugees havehardened since their previous bestselling book was published five years ago.Now, Refugee Rights and Policy Wrongs provides a wholly updated account of Australianrefugee law and policy. Clearly and carefully, they explain who a refugee is,what rights refugees have under international law, and whether Australia'spolicies on offshore processing, detention, boat turnbacks and so on violateAustralia's obligations under international law. The book also outlines what ahuman rights-based protection framework might look like and how Australia couldshow greater global leadership on refugee issues, so as to expand theprotection space available to refugees in the Asia-Pacific region. McAdamand Chong trace the ways in which draconian domestic laws enacted over recentyears blatantly contravene international law -obligations that Australia hasvoluntarily signed up to. People seeking asylum, especially those heldindefinitely on Manus Island and Nauru, have been broken as a result. Thecrucial information and depth of understanding this book offers has never beenmore urgent.