Global
- 300,000 child refugees travelled alone in 2015 and 2016. Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/world/americas/united-nations-children-refugees-migrants-trafficking.html
- The Azraq refugee camp in Jordan is now largely powered by renewable energy, saving the UN refugee agency $1.5 million a year. Read more: http://www.unhcr.org/en-au/news/latest/2017/5/591bfdbb4/jordans-azraq-becomes-worlds-first-clean-energy-refugee-camp.html
Poland continues to refuse to admit asylum seekers despite threats of legal action from the EU. Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2017/05/18/world/europe/18reuters-europe-migrants-eu-poland.html - A leaked audio recording suggests that Italian authorities allowed 268 Syrian refugees to drown in 2013. Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/05/09/italian-forces-ignored-a-sinking-ship-full-of-syrian-refugees-and-let-more-than-250-drown-says-leaked-audio/?utm_term=.69f2871b57b7
At Home
- Two of the Head On Photo Festival’s winners were inspired by refugees. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/head-on-photo-festival-2017-winners-inspired-by-refugees-20170506-gvzjnt.html
- Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has given 7,500 asylum seekers living in Australia until October 1 to complete their protection claims. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/immigration-minister-peter-dutton-sets-a-deadline-for-refugee-status-application-20170520-gw9iza.html
- A young Iraqi woman who was captured and enslaved by the Islamic State hopes to obtain a protection visa to Australia by next year. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/nihad-was-an-islamic-state-sex-slave-and-is-desperate-for-a-new-life-in-australia-20170512-gw3ijm.html
- Asylum seekers on Manus Island have been told to leave so the detention centre can be closed. Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-16/asylum-seekers-on-manus-island-told-to-leave-before-closure/8528816
Elizabeth Wright
BComn(Griffith), MHumRights(Curtin)
