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Report on Australian advocacy in Geneva 2018
August 8, 2018
Years of advocacy by the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) for greater refugee community representation in international policy discussions culminated in the ground-breaking first-ever Global Summit of Refugees in Geneva. The Summit was the highlight of 10 days of Australian advocacy in Geneva (19-29 June 2018), which included UNHCR’s annual NGO Consultations, global dialogue on refugee resettlement, engagement with the UN Human Rights Council and meetings with senior officials of UNHCR and IOM.
Five years of suffering and abuse – Australia does not have the solution
July 18, 2018
Today marks five years since the Australian government started sending everyone coming by boat to seek asylum to languish in offshore detention centres in the Pacific, never to be resettled in Australia. In those five years, 12 people have died, families have been torn apart, and over 3,000 children and adults have endured enormous mental and physical harm.
Recent changes in Australian refugee policy
July 7, 2018
Recent years have seen numerous changes to Australia’s refugee and asylum seeker policies, largely as a political response to an increase in the number of asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat. This document summarises some of the more recent policy changes.
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Total number of displaced persons worldwide (25.4 million refugees) 2017
Number of refugees
resettled or recognised
in Australia
2017
Proportion of people seeking asylum
recognised by Australia in 2017
Country hosting the
most refugees: Turkey
2017
