Regional protection for refugees. Australian law and policy reform. Resettlement and other pathways to protection. The history of Australian refugee policy. Book chapters. Journal articles. Research briefs. Policy brief series.
Principles for Australian Refugee Policy. Case notes. Complementary protection decisions. Senate Select Committee Report. The Tampa children reflect on their rescue 12 years on, Herald Sun, 31 August The National Museum of Australia acknowledges First Australians and recognises their continuous connection to country, community and culture. See our classroom resource. MV Tampa. Eight days of drama On 24 August the Palapa , a small Indonesian fishing boat overloaded with mainly Hazara asylum-seekers from Afghanistan, became stranded in international waters about kilometres north of Christmas Island.
Curriculum subjects. Year levels. In our collection. MV Tampa life jacket Fluorescent orange life jacket with a padded collar section attached to a rectangular float block, covered in synthetic waterproof material. Sections of reflective material have been applied to the jacket. Makeshift accommodation and bathrooms were organised on the open deck. Pregnant women were among the passengers. They pleaded to be taken to Christmas Island four hours away and threatened to jump ship if they were returned to Indonesia 11 hours away.
Rhinnan told the coast guard he planned to take the rescuees to Christmas Island, which was duly noted. It was the prime minister, John Howard, who decided to prevent the Tampa entering Australia. The decision heralded the beginning of a new, executive-led change in policy, which has been the underlying basis of the approach to asylum seekers attempting to reach Australia by boat ever since. If their claims were successful, they would be released into the community on permanent protection visas.
In the intervening period, the Australian government had introduced a policy of boat turnbacks. She said she has been flooded with both well wishes and hateful comments. Her district office this weekend received a vulgar, antisemitic message on their answering machine following the stories. Polsky is the second high profile Florida woman to come forward with her breast cancer diagnosis in the last month. Mary Ellen Klas is the state Capitol bureau chief for the Miami Herald, where she covers government and politics and focuses on investigative and accountability reporting.
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