From Women’s Rights Lawyer in Pakistan to a Precarious Life in Australia: Learning From Lived Experience

Internationally the number of people displaced is at an historical high. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimated that there were more than 79.5 million people displaced by conflict or persecution at the end of 2019 (UNHCR 2019). Australia is one of a relatively small numb...

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Main Authors: Mrs Babar, Hartley, Lisa, Rachel, Burke, Rebecca, Field
Format: Journal Article
Published: Living Refugee Archive, University of East London 2021
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84905
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-849052021-08-16T02:47:16Z From Women’s Rights Lawyer in Pakistan to a Precarious Life in Australia: Learning From Lived Experience Mrs Babar Hartley, Lisa Rachel, Burke Rebecca, Field Internationally the number of people displaced is at an historical high. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimated that there were more than 79.5 million people displaced by conflict or persecution at the end of 2019 (UNHCR 2019). Australia is one of a relatively small number of countries that annually resettles refugees from overseas. In accordance with its international obligations under the UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Australia also provides protection to people who arrive in Australia seeking asylum. Historically, however, Australia’s policy response to people seeking asylum has been particularly punitive, including the re-introduction of temporary forms of protection for those found to be refugees. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84905 10.15123/uel.898y2 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 Living Refugee Archive, University of East London fulltext
spellingShingle Mrs Babar
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From Women’s Rights Lawyer in Pakistan to a Precarious Life in Australia: Learning From Lived Experience
title From Women’s Rights Lawyer in Pakistan to a Precarious Life in Australia: Learning From Lived Experience
title_full From Women’s Rights Lawyer in Pakistan to a Precarious Life in Australia: Learning From Lived Experience
title_fullStr From Women’s Rights Lawyer in Pakistan to a Precarious Life in Australia: Learning From Lived Experience
title_full_unstemmed From Women’s Rights Lawyer in Pakistan to a Precarious Life in Australia: Learning From Lived Experience
title_short From Women’s Rights Lawyer in Pakistan to a Precarious Life in Australia: Learning From Lived Experience
title_sort from women’s rights lawyer in pakistan to a precarious life in australia: learning from lived experience
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84905