Grey networks: The contradictory dimensions of Australia's immigration detention system
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Immigration detention and health.
ike all rich nations, Australia has experienced an increase in people crossing its national borders without the documents authorising them to do so. Since 1992, Australia has had a policy of mandatory detention for these people. About a third of the people in immigration detention are asylum seekers who are requesting sanctuary under the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asia Pacific Viewpoint
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1360-7456
DOI: 10.1111/apv.12183