Borderline anxieties: what whitening the Irish has to do with keeping out asylum seekers

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Borderline anxieties: what whitening the Irish has to do with keeping out asylum seekers

It has become practically a cliche that Australia has the most penalising regulations for those now described as 'asylum seekers' of any first or second world country. The Department of Immigration's Fact Sheet on 'Border Control' tells us in stern rhetoric that: 'The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Stratton, Jon
Format:	Book Chapter
Published:	Aboriginal Studies Press 2004
Subjects:	Whiteness Immigration policy Asylum seekers Immigration detention Border protection Australian Government Irish Migrants
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6585

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