"Doing something for the future": Building relationships and hope through refugee and asylum seeker advocacy in Australia

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"Doing something for the future": Building relationships and hope through refugee and asylum seeker advocacy in Australia

This chapter critically reflects on the authors’ involvement in an advocacy group based in Western Australia that comprises people from an asylum-seeking background as well as those who are Australian citizens. The chapter explores how those with lived experience of seeking asylum and those who act...

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Main Authors:	Fleay, Caroline, Kenny, Mary Anne, Andaveh, Atefeh, Askari, Salem, Hassani, Rohullah, Leaney, Kate, Lee, Teresa
Other Authors:	Weber, Leanne
Format:	Book Chapter
Published:	Edward Elgar Publishing 2021
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88195

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