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The shifting meaning of persecution in the Australian refugee law: How much must one suffer to be deserving of asylum?
journal contribution
posted on 2003-01-01, 00:00 authored by P Dimopoulos, Mirko BagaricLegislative changes to the meaning of persecution in Australia in the context of refugee law - courts' approach to what constitutes persecution in conflict with Parliament's understanding - level of harm that a person must endure in order to be eligible for refugee status - narrow definition of persecution should be adopted such that only those asylum seekers whose subsistence is imperilled should qualify as refugees.