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Resources for EESC104

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?

What is Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian Program?

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"

  • Select a country from the menu
    AND / OR
  • Type in your search terms
UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency -
World Law Austlii

Web sites

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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Last reviewed: 25 October, 2011