“Between a Rock and a Hard Place”: Australia’s Mandatory Detention of Asylum Seekers

For fourteen years Australia has detained asylum seekers arriving unlawfully in its territory. It also intercepts asylum seekers arriving in the territorial waters, detaining them in third countries and preventing them from seeking refugee status in Australia (the “Pacific Solution”). This paper tra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Francesco P. Motta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: York University Libraries 2002-05-01
Series:Refuge
Online Access:https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/view/21262