The legacy of Australia's treatment of onshore asylum seekers Mansouri, Fethi 2002, The legacy of Australia's treatment of onshore asylum seekers, Mots pluriels, vol. 21, pp. 1-16. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads mansouri-legacyofaustraliastreatment-2002.pdf Published version application/pdf 69.62KB 575 Title The legacy of Australia's treatment of onshore asylum seekers Author(s) Mansouri, Fethi orcid.org/0000-0002-8914-0485 Journal name Mots pluriels Volume number 21 Start page 1 End page 16 Publisher School of European Languages, University of Western Australia Place of publication Nedlands, W.A. Publication date 2002-05 ISSN 1327-6220 Keyword(s) Africa Summary The Australian government's response to the 'unlawful' arrival of asylum seekers has been characterised by a host of draconian measures - most notably mandatory detention and a punitive 'temporary protection visa' with severely limited access to settlement services. This hard stance was seen as important in stemming the tide of 'illegal' asylum seekers - most of whom seek protection in Australia from their war-torn countries in the Middle East. However, the government's own statistics suggest that this strategy is not working, as the number of asylum seekers has not decreased since these tough measures were adopted in October 1999. Moreover, as this study [2] argues, the restricted access to social services and income support imposed on TPV holders is causing significant economic hardships and unnecessarily traumatic settlement experiences. Many non-government agencies (most notably community organizations and ethnic associations) are left with the daunting challenge of meeting both practical and special needs of traumatized refugees. Notes Reproduced with the specific permission of the copyright owner. Language eng Field of Research 160303 Migration HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2002, Fethi Mansouri Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30001814 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Social and International Studies Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 24 Feb 2009, 14:59:41 EST Wed, 03 Jun 2009, 10:30:01 EST Wed, 22 Jul 2009, 09:33:45 EST Tue, 25 Aug 2009, 15:42:39 EST Tue, 01 Jun 2010, 11:54:47 EST Wed, 02 Jun 2010, 09:02:26 EST Wed, 02 Jun 2010, 09:06:11 EST Fri, 10 Oct 2014, 08:13:03 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 08:42:56 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1363 Abstract Views, 575 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 08:07:29 EST

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