As part of our policy and advocacy work, RILC regularly provides comment to local national and international media on a wide range issues concerning refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. Here are some of the recent reports in which RILC commented:
Deutsche Welle, 'Australia comes under fire for refugee policy'
The Age, 'Team Legal goes in to bat for desperate Sri Lankans'
The Australian, 'Asylum-seekers back to where they started'
ABC Radio - The World Today, 'Call for independent umpire for asylum processing'
The Age, 'Abbott called on 'illegal slur'
The Age/Sydney Morning Herald, 'ASIO visa bans rejected'
ABC Radio PM, 'High Court slaps down ASIO's refugee powers'
ABC TV Lateline, 'Interview with refugee lawyer David Manne'
BBC Asia, 'Australia court vetoes visa refusal for Sri Lankan refugee'
Sydney Morning Herald, 'High Court challenge to ASIO assessments'
ABC Radio PM, 'High Court Blocks Government's Malaysia Solution'
ABC Radio Australia, 'Australian Spy Agency Urged to Reveal Case Against Tamil Refugees'
Time Magazine, 'Australia: Boat Arrivals of Asylum Seekers Rising'
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The Australian, 'Kevin Rudd denies change in asylum policy'
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The Australian, 'No visas, boys? Welcome to AustraliaNo visas, boys? Welcome to Australia'
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'The Age' on Saturday, 'The real story on refugees is complex'
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'More foreigners can stay while applying for visa'
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'Wave of Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers forecast'
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ABC Radio National, PM, "Immigration department regrets deporting girl without father's knowledge'
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The Australian, 'Our fear isn't grounded in reality'
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ABC Radio Australia, 'Fears Australia asylum seekers shunned legal help'
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ABC Australia Network, 'Immigration Debate'
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The Australian, 'Well-dressed arrivals were living in Indonesian hotel'
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Crikey, ' "Well dressed" waves of boat people'
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'Four Tampa asylum seekers try again, and this time they find welcoming arms'
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The Age, 'Tampa asylum seekers genuine refugees'
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AAP/The Western Australian, ' Refugee boat picked up near Christmas Is '
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Courier Mail, ' Burmese survivors of 25-day esky ordeal at sea seek asylum'
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The Australian, 'Sri Lankan boatpeople volunteer to be sent home'
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Radio 3AW, 'Terror suspects headed here?'
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Canberra Times, ' Detention practice not part of policy, say advocates'
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ABC's Radio National PM story, in which we commented about ordeal which victims of sex trafficking who were our clients endured:
>View ArticleThe Refugee System is Still Badly Broken’, The Age, 20 June 2008 by David Manne, RILC Co-ordinator
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