| Summary: | In response to Australian policies that impose punitive barriers to
resettlement on many people seeking asylum, a range of civil society groups have
initiated acts of welcome and inclusion, including some within universities. Denied
permanent protection even when found to be a refugee, people who arrived from 13
August 2012 are forced to remain in limbo and many are effectively excluded from
accessing higher education. A collective of people seeking asylum, academics,
students and community members in Perth, Western Australia, has responded by
working together on higher education projects that seek to open up the university to
people seeking asylum. In this article, members of the collective critically reflect on
these projects and their involvement. Its key aim is to demonstrate the importance of
lived experience and collaboration in developing and enabling higher education
possibilities for refugees and asylum seekers.
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