Hidden men: Bearing witness to mandatory detention in Australia

The Australian Government policy of mandatory immigration detention has been the subject of critique by human rights bodies and civil society. With many immigration detention facilities being located in remote sites, distance and expense means that few people get to observe detention practices in Au...

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Main Authors: Fleay, Caroline, Briskman, Linda
Format: Journal Article
Published: Oxford University press 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40616
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description The Australian Government policy of mandatory immigration detention has been the subject of critique by human rights bodies and civil society. With many immigration detention facilities being located in remote sites, distance and expense means that few people get to observe detention practices in Australia directly. Through direct observations and through the voices of three men detained in the Curtin Immigration Detention Centre outside of the remote Western Australian town of Derby, the human costs of mandatory detention are presented and discussed. This is done through positioning this discussion as part of the process of bearing witness to mandatory detention in Australia.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-406162017-09-13T14:09:28Z Hidden men: Bearing witness to mandatory detention in Australia Fleay, Caroline Briskman, Linda refugees asylum-seekers boat people detention bearing pacific solution mandatory Australia witness The Australian Government policy of mandatory immigration detention has been the subject of critique by human rights bodies and civil society. With many immigration detention facilities being located in remote sites, distance and expense means that few people get to observe detention practices in Australia directly. Through direct observations and through the voices of three men detained in the Curtin Immigration Detention Centre outside of the remote Western Australian town of Derby, the human costs of mandatory detention are presented and discussed. This is done through positioning this discussion as part of the process of bearing witness to mandatory detention in Australia. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40616 10.1093/rsq/hdt010 Oxford University press fulltext
spellingShingle refugees
asylum-seekers
boat people
detention bearing
pacific solution
mandatory
Australia
witness
Fleay, Caroline
Briskman, Linda
Hidden men: Bearing witness to mandatory detention in Australia
title Hidden men: Bearing witness to mandatory detention in Australia
title_full Hidden men: Bearing witness to mandatory detention in Australia
title_fullStr Hidden men: Bearing witness to mandatory detention in Australia
title_full_unstemmed Hidden men: Bearing witness to mandatory detention in Australia
title_short Hidden men: Bearing witness to mandatory detention in Australia
title_sort hidden men: bearing witness to mandatory detention in australia
topic refugees
asylum-seekers
boat people
detention bearing
pacific solution
mandatory
Australia
witness
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40616