Missing the boat: Australia and asylum seeker deterrence messaging

© 2016 The Authors. International Migration.Many of Australia's border protection policies have focused on attempts to deter the arrival of asylum seekers by boat. These include government ‘messaging’ in the hope this will influence the decision-making of would-be boat arrivals. This article ou...

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Main Authors: Fleay, Caroline, Cokley, J., Dodd, A., Briskman, L., Schwartz, L.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22055
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author Fleay, Caroline
Cokley, J.
Dodd, A.
Briskman, L.
Schwartz, L.
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description © 2016 The Authors. International Migration.Many of Australia's border protection policies have focused on attempts to deter the arrival of asylum seekers by boat. These include government ‘messaging’ in the hope this will influence the decision-making of would-be boat arrivals. This article outlines the findings of an exploratory study on the sources of information accessed by asylum seekers, prior to and during their boat journeys to Australia, about their destination country. The findings suggest that government media and Internet strategies focused on deterring asylum seekers are adopted without full regard to how information is sourced before and during these boat journeys.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-220552017-09-13T13:55:05Z Missing the boat: Australia and asylum seeker deterrence messaging Fleay, Caroline Cokley, J. Dodd, A. Briskman, L. Schwartz, L. © 2016 The Authors. International Migration.Many of Australia's border protection policies have focused on attempts to deter the arrival of asylum seekers by boat. These include government ‘messaging’ in the hope this will influence the decision-making of would-be boat arrivals. This article outlines the findings of an exploratory study on the sources of information accessed by asylum seekers, prior to and during their boat journeys to Australia, about their destination country. The findings suggest that government media and Internet strategies focused on deterring asylum seekers are adopted without full regard to how information is sourced before and during these boat journeys. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22055 10.1111/imig.12241 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. restricted
spellingShingle Fleay, Caroline
Cokley, J.
Dodd, A.
Briskman, L.
Schwartz, L.
Missing the boat: Australia and asylum seeker deterrence messaging
title Missing the boat: Australia and asylum seeker deterrence messaging
title_full Missing the boat: Australia and asylum seeker deterrence messaging
title_fullStr Missing the boat: Australia and asylum seeker deterrence messaging
title_full_unstemmed Missing the boat: Australia and asylum seeker deterrence messaging
title_short Missing the boat: Australia and asylum seeker deterrence messaging
title_sort missing the boat: australia and asylum seeker deterrence messaging
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22055