Dr Lisa Hartley from the Centre for Human Rights Education recently visited the Villawood Immigration Detention facility in Sydney which includes the maximum-security centre that holds males and the Sydney Immigration Residential Housing (IRH) that holds mainly women and families (including children). The IRH includes in a small row of single-storey units, which are surrounded [...]
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Villawood Detention Centre: Growing Despair for Refugees with Negative ASIO Security Assessments
Posted November 22nd, 2012 in Centre for Human Rights Education
Event – Nauru Mark II: The politics of seeking asylum in Australia
Posted September 24th, 2012 in Centre for Human Rights Education
Nauru Mark II: The politics of seeking asylum in Australia
The Centre for Human Rights Education invites you to a panel discussion with Dr Savitri Taylor, Andrew Bartlett, and Dr Caroline Fleay.
Chaired by Associate Professor Mary Anne Kenny, join us to also hear the voices and experiences of asylum seekers who were held on Nauru under [...]
Open Letter from Academics about Asylum Seeker Solutions
Posted July 17th, 2012 in Centre for Human Rights Education
Dr Caroline Fleay and Dr Lisa Hartley of the Centre for Human Rights Education have assisted Associate Professor Anne Pedersen of Murdoch University compile an open letter that has been sent to many Members of Parliament regarding solutions for asylum seekers. Over 200 academics who specialise in research in the refugee and asylum seeker area [...]
