“They are humans and humanity comes first”: The function of attitudes towards people seeking asylum in Australia

QR Code

“They are humans and humanity comes first”: The function of attitudes towards people seeking asylum in Australia

Previous research has found that while many Australians are hostile to people seeking asylum in Australia who arrive by boat (hereafter called asylum seekers), others feel that Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers is inhumane. Two bodies of research that can help us understand why people think th...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Hartley, Lisa, Pedersen, Anne
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2020
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77873

Similar Items

People seeking asylum in Australia: Access and support in higher education
by: Hartley, Lisa, et al.
Published: (2018)

Limited resettlement and ongoing uncertainty: responses to and experiences of people seeking asylum in Australia and Indonesia
by: Fleay, Caroline, et al.
Published: (2016)

People Seeking Asylum in Australia and their Access to Employment: Just What Do We Know?
by: Fleay, Caroline, et al.
Published: (2016)

Facilitating access to higher education for people seeking asylum in Australia: Institutional and community responses
by: Burke, R., et al.
Published: (2020)

Asylum Seekers and Resettled Refugees in Australia: Predicting Social Policy Attitude From Prejudice Versus Emotion
by: Hartley, Lisa, et al.
Published: (2015)

'My study is the purpose of continuing my life': The experience of accessing university for people seeking asylum in Australia
by: Hartley, Lisa, et al.
Published: (2019)

Can We Make a Difference? Prejudice Towards Asylum Seekers in Australia and the Effectiveness of Antiprejudice Interventions
by: Pedersen, A., et al.
Published: (2015)

Attitudes towards asylum seekers: Evaluating a mature-aged community education programme
by: Hartley, Lisa, et al.
Published: (2012)

Limited Resettlement and Ongoing Uncertainty: responses to and experiences of people seeking asylum in Australia and Indonesia
by: Fleay, Caroline, et al.
Published: (2016)

Examining prejudice against asylum seekers in Australia: The role of people smugglers, the perception of threat, and acceptance of false beliefs
by: Suhnan, A., et al.
Published: (2012)

‘It put me in their shoes’: challenging negative attitudes towards asylum seekers among Australian children
by: Hartley, Lisa, et al.
Published: (2021)

Re-examining Predjudice Against Asylum Seekers in Australia: The Role of People Smugglers, the Perception of Threat, and Acceptance of False Beliefs.
by: Suhnan, A., et al.
Published: (2012)

Asylum seekers: How attributions and emotion affect Australians' views on mandatory detention of " the other"
by: Hartley, Lisa, et al.
Published: (2007)

False Beliefs About Asylum Seekers to Australia: The Role of Confidence in Such Beliefs, Prejudice, and the Third Person Effect
by: Pedersen, A., et al.
Published: (2017)

Gendered precarity, intersectionality and barriers to higher education for women seeking asylum in Australia
by: Hartley, Lisa, et al.
Published: (2022)

Enabling access to higher education for people seeking asylum: a collective approach
by: Fleay, Caroline, et al.
Published: (2019)

Discursive constructions of equity in Australian higher education: Imagined worlds and the case of people seeking asylum
by: Baker, Sally, et al.
Published: (2020)

“Write here, sanctuary” Creative writing for refugees and people seeking asylum
by: Stickley, Theodore, et al.
Published: (2018)

Predicting community attitudes towards asylum seekers: A multi-component model
by: Croucamp, C., et al.
Published: (2016)

The Needs of Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Children in Thailand
by: Thoresen, Paradee
Published: (2018)

"The situation is hopeless; we must take the next step": Reflecting on social action by academics in asylum seeker policy debate
by: Hartley, Lisa, et al.
Published: (2013)

Social work responses to differential inclusion: a comparison of how policy influences practice with people seeking asylum in Germany and Australia
by: Field, Rebecca
Published: (2022)

Process in the Community, Detain Offshore or ‘Turn Back the Boats’? Predicting Australian Asylum-seeker Policy Support from False Beliefs, Prejudice and Political Ideology
by: Hartley, Lisa, et al.
Published: (2018)

Exploring physical activity engagement and barriers for asylum seekers in Australia coping with prolonged uncertainty and no right to work
by: Hartley, Lisa, et al.
Published: (2017)

Refugees and asylum seekers living in the Australian Community: the importance of work rights and employment support
by: Fleay, Caroline, et al.
Published: (2013)

Battling Boatloads of Prejudice: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Activism with Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Australia
by: Pedersen, A., et al.
Published: (2012)

Through the eye of a needle: The challenge of getting justice in Australia if you’re indigenous or seeking asylum
by: Fraser, H., et al.
Published: (2005)

“We are Like Animals”: Negotiating Dehumanising Experiences of Asylum-Seeker Policies in the Australian Community
by: Hartley, Lisa, et al.
Published: (2017)

Reclaiming humanity for asylum seekers: A social work response
by: Briskman, Linda, et al.
Published: (2005)

‘I Feel Like a Beggar’: Asylum Seekers Living in the Australian Community Without the Right to Work
by: Fleay, Caroline, et al.
Published: (2016)

Shahidan: Barisan comes first
Published: (2008)

Research comes first at Monash
Published: (2010)

Business comes first at MSU
Published: (2010)

Refugees and asylum seeker: Social work practice with refugees and asylum seekers
by: Kenny, Mary Anne, et al.
Published: (2014)

An Intervention to Increase Positive Attitudes and Address Misconceptions about Australian Muslims: A Call for Education and Open Mindedness
by: Pedersen, Anne, et al.
Published: (2009)

Restoring the Rights of Asylum Seekers in Australia
by: Briskman, Linda
Published: (2010)

When people come last
by: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
Published: (2009)

British and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the care of the local authority who go missing
by: Bassey, Amanda
Published: (2021)

Identifying the Needs of Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Children in Thailand: A Focus on the Perspectives of Children
by: Thoresen, Paradee, et al.
Published: (2016)

Regulation 5.35: Coerced treatment of detained asylum seekers on hunger strike: Legal, ethical and human rights implications
by: Kenny, Mary Anne, et al.
Published: (2013)