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Madness Down Under: Abbott’s Syrian Refugee Solution by BINOY KAMPMARK

Distant Australia has done its level best to influence the refugee debate in the most negative of ways this century. Its reactionary response has deployed a range of established stereotypes that have targeted the right to asylum. Safety has been … Continue reading

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Revealed from archive: Israel’s secret plan to resettle Arab refugees

Plans drawn up during the 1950s and ’60s had one overriding goal: to preserve the demographic status quo by resettling the 1948 Arab refugees far away from the country. By Arik Ariel

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Scant compassion for Muslim Rohingya refugees – Al Jazeera

Entering the Rohingya camps along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border is restricted. Officially they don’t even exist, but in reality authorities tolerate their presence. Bangladeshi official say there are about 300,000 unregistered Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in dismal and squalid … Continue reading

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