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Selected Works of Regina Jefferies
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We don’t know how many asylum seekers are turned away at Australian airports
The Conversation (2019)
  • Asher Hirsch
  • Daniel Ghezelbash
  • Regina Jefferies, Western Washington University
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Abstract
The immigration department doesn’t keep a record of how many people apply for asylum at Australian airports, and how many are turned away. Documents released under Freedom of Information show a lack of accountability and oversight by Australian immigration officials with regard to people who request asylum at airports.
Keywords
  • immigration,
  • asylum,
  • refugees,
  • australia,
  • airport asylum
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Publication Date
February 11, 2019
Citation Information
Hirsch, A, Ghezelbash, D and Jefferies, R, ‘We don’t know how many asylum seekers are turned away at Australian airports’, The Conversation (online, 11 February 2019)