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Refugee News – September 2017

Global refugee news …

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Global

  • A new deal between Germany and Egypt is expected to stem the flow of refugees from the Middle East. Read more.
  • Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders have ceased rescue operations in the Mediterranean due to threats from Libya’s coast guard. Read more.
  • Hostility towards Syrian refugees is rising in Lebanon. Read more.
  • Around 9,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have crossed the Bangladeshi border after the army set fire to their villages and killed 96 civilians. Read more.

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At Home

  • Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has come under fire for saying that lawyers who provide pro-bono assistance to refugees are “un-Australian.” Read more.
  • The Attorney-General of Papua New Guinea has said that Australia will not be permitted to leave asylum seekers behind when it closes the Manus Island detention centre. Read more.
  • Asylum seekers who have been transferred to Australia for medical treatment will no longer receive welfare payments or be allowed to live in government housing. Read more.
  • A security guard has been fired and charged with assaulting an asylum seeker on Nauru. Read more.

Elizabeth Wright
BComn(Griffith), MHumRights(Curtin)

 

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