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?

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