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Refugee - The process of asylum seeking in Australia
The Australian context
Who is a refugee under the United Nations Refugee Convention?
What is the Refugee Review Tribunal?
How does the review process operate within the Refugee Review Tribunal?
- Access the Refugee Review Tribunal website
- Use the menu on the left side of the page
What is Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian Program?
- An overview of the program is available from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship
- Detailed information about the Humanitarian Program can be found in Fact Sheet 60 - Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian Program
- Fact Sheet index
- Departmental Publications - Refugee and Humanitarian issues
Related court cases
Published decisions from the Australian Commonwealth's Refugee Review Tribunal are available from Austlii: 1985+
- Click on Database Search -> select This Boolean query -> enter your search terms
The country of origin
Use a selection of the following resources to develop an understanding of the legal and social conditions in your asylum seeker's country of origin.
| Title | Access |
| Cultures of the world: selections from the ten volume encyclopedia of world cultures | 305.8003/3 |
| Encyclopedia of the United Nations and international agreements | REF/K/334/OSM/1 |
| Legal systems of the world: a political, social and cultural encyclopedia | REF/K/332/LEG/1 |
| Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life | 305.8003/4 |
| BBC News country profiles | |
| CIA World Factbook | |
| CIAO | UOW staff and students only [login required] |
| Country studies - Library of Congress | |
| Europa World | UOW staff and students only [login required] |
| Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
Country of Origin Research/"More" under "Responses to information requests"
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| UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency | - |
| World Law | Austlii |
Web sites
- Amnesty International
- Refugees International
- World refugee
- Asylumlaw.org
- World Legal Information Institute
Library databases
Search library databases for support material:
- Proquest5000
- Academic Onefile
- Expanded Academic Index
- Factiva
- Apaft
Hint: Search for the country of origin combined with the issue. eg. Latvia AND discrimination
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