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LINKS TO THE KALDOR CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE LAW


Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW, Sydney is the world's leading research centre dedicated to the study of international refugee law.
3 things to know about getting Afghan Refugees to safety : quick explanations and further reading recommendations for terms being used in the discussion about evacuating and resettling refugees from Afghanistan.
Podcast: 'Temporary' : Kaldor Centre, UNSW : Caught in Australia’s campaign to ‘stop the boats’, 30,000 people reached the shore only to enter a legal limbo. Meet the ‘legacy caseload’ and the system that keeps them in perpetual uncertainty.

FACTSHEETS
The 'Legacy Caseload'
Temporary Protection Visas and Safe Haven Enterprise Visas
Bridging Visas
Refugee Status Determination
Australia's Refugee Policy : An overview
**Kaldor Centre’s COVID-19 Watch** : Expert analysis of COVID-19’s impact on refugees and other forced migrants.
The Cost of Australia's Refugee and Asylum Policy : A Source Guide
Kaldor Centre Principles for Australian Refugee Policy (Published June 2019, revised March 2022)
Summary and Key Priorities – Kaldor Centre Principles for Australian Refugee Policy
Refugee protected entry explained by Dr Claire Higgins PODCAST
The Andaman Sea Crisis: 5 years on (Kaldor Centre special series) PODCAST

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LINKS TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS  


Frequently Asked Questions : Updated by Grandmothers for Refugees NSW in December 2021
Asylum Insight : Facts & Analysis : Asylum Insight provides facts and analysis on Australian asylum policy, within an international context, and up-to-date statistics on asylum seekers.    
Refugee Council of Australia : RCOA is the national umbrella body for refugees and people seeking asylum and those who support them. 
Refugee Council of Australia : Offshore Processing Statistics
Refugee Council of Australia : Statistics on People Seeking Asylum in the Community
Removal of Federal Support from Refugees Medically Transferred To Australia Explainer (September 2020)
Australian Parliamentary Library – Asylum Seekers and Refugees : What are the Facts? (2015)
Ref World (UNHCR) : is the leading source of information necessary for taking quality decisions on refugee status.
Guidelines on Statelessness (May 2020)
Refugee Research Online : provides a platform for academic and non-academic research and comment on issues surrounding people seeking asylum and refugees.
Edmund Rice Centre – Deported to Danger : research into what happens to asylum seekers and refugees who are deported from Australia.
Health Care of Asylum Seekers and Refugees : Australian Medical Association’s (AMA) observations and recommendations in relation to the health care of asylum seekers and refugees (2015)
#GameOver (Get People to Safety) [PDF] FAQ about people seeking asylum and Australia.
UNHCR Refugee Data Finder Current global statistics about displaced populations.

Refugee Advice & Casework Service : RACS provide critical free legal advice, assistance and representation, for financially disadvantaged and vulnerable people seeking asylum in Australia.
Asylum Seekers Centre, Sydney : ASC in Newtown, Sydney is a place of welcome and provides practical and personal support for people living in the community who are seeking asylum. ASC can help obtain free legal advice about applications for protection from a range of legal providers. 
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre - Human Rights Law Program : ASRC (Melbourne) has a community legal centre and provides access to justice for refugees and people seeking asylum.
National Justice Project : works with some of Australia’s most vulnerable people and communities, providing legal support to people who struggle to access justice.
Human Rights Law Centre : uses strategic legal action, policy solutions and advocacy to support people and communities to eliminate inequality and injustice and build a fairer, more compassionate Australia. HRLC has offices in Melbourne and Sydney.
Human Rights for All : brings a collaborative, creative and flexible approach to securing freedom for refugees and stateless people from immigration detention. HR4A works in tandem with other law firms and human rights organisations on a wide range of cases.
Edmund Rice Centre – Asylum Seeker Advice Project : provides pro-bono legal and migration assistance to asylum seekers and refugees. 
Allens – an international law firm : provides support for people in need of assistance.
Public Interest Advocacy Centre : PIAC’s work combines legal advice and representation, specialising in test cases and strategic casework; research, analysis and policy development; and advocacy for systems change and public interest outcomes.

Support services for asylum seekers and refugees

Asylum Seekers Centre (Sydney) : ASC in Newtown, Sydney is a place of welcome and provides practical and personal support for people living in the community who are seeking asylum. 
Mums 4 Refugees NSW: provide practical assistance to asylum seekers through detention centre visits, conducting donation drives to collect and distribute material aid by engaging in community-building activities.
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (Melbourne) : ASRC was founded by Kon Karapanagiotidis in 2001 and is based in Footscray, Melbourne. Australia's largest asylum seeker advocacy, aid and health organisation promoting and protecting the human rights of asylum seekers. 
Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group : provide practical, emotional and financial assistance for refugees.
Refugee Council of Australia : service directories for refugees and people seeking asylum. Useful website with contact details for organisations which provide services to refugees and people seeking asylum, such as help with money, employment, housing, and legal advice.
Rural Australians for Refugees : RAR is an informal network of regional and rural groups supporting and advocating for refugees and people seeking asylum.
Refugee Support Services – St Vincent De Paul Society : St Vincent De Paul Society’s (Vinnies) support includes Resettlement Services for newly-arrived children and families of refugee backgrounds, Asylum Seeker Program to assist vulnerable individuals and families and North Coast Settlement Service to assist eligible migrants.
The House of Welcome : is based in Granville and exists to welcome, shelter and empower people seeking asylum and refugees regardless of their age, gender, sexuality, nationality or religion.  
Valerio Daniel de Simoni Association : VDSA is a benevolent, independent non-profit institution, which organises humanitarian support programs for refugees, asylum seekers and Australia’s indigenous youth in Sydney.
Life Without Barriers : supports refugees and asylum seekers who are living in the Australian community, while their immigration status is resolved (in Rockdale and Parramatta, NSW)
Sutherland Shire Refugee Connection : welcomes people from refugee backgrounds into our community and facilitates and supports their settlement into Sutherland Shire.
Settlement Services International : SSI provides support and assistance to people in NSW on refugee and bridging visas.
Jesuit Refugee Service Australia : international Catholic organisation which supports refugees and people seeking asylum.
Sanctuary Australia Foundation : based in Coffs Harbour, provides a refugee advice and support service, interest-free travel loans and a computer donation program.
Australian Red Cross  : as part of their services Australian Red Cross provides help and support to refugees, people seeking asylum, people in immigration detention and other people who are vulnerable as a result of migration.
Mission Australia : is a national Christian charity that has been helping vulnerable Australians move towards independence for 160 years.
Salvation Army Australia : is part of an International Christian movement involved in national issues while also bringing hope to people who may be experiencing hardship or injustice.
Caritas : is the international aid and development organisation of the Catholic Church in Australia. 

International and Australian human rights organisations

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees : UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.
Australia for UNHCR : is the UN Refugee Agency’s national partner in Australia, raising awareness and funds to support UNHCR’s global emergency response to humanitarian crises.
Office of the High Commissioner Human Rights : OHCHR(UN) promotes and protects human rights for all.
UNICEF : works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. 
Amnesty International : a global movement which helps fight abuses of human rights worldwide through detailed research and determined campaigning.
Amnesty International Australia : Refugee Rights : works to support refugees and asylum seekers, including campaigning for the Australian Government to end offshore detention and implement solutions that help more people find a safe place to live.
Human Rights Watch : an independent organisation that investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world.
Australian Human Rights Commission : AHRC is is an independent statutory organisation, established by an act of Federal Parliament, to protect and promote human rights in Australia and internationally.
Australian Human Rights Institute : based at UNSW, Sydney, is a unique centre of knowledge in Australia and the world, for bringing together medical, engineering and legal minds to find human rights solutions.
Save the Children Australia : works in Australia, the Pacific and around the world to protect children from abuse and neglect, provide access to healthcare and education and to assist children in times of emergency. 
Oxfam Australia : are on the ground, empowering communities to tackle poverty.

Government Departments

Australian Government Department of Home Affairs : government department for Australian federal law enforcement, national and transport security, criminal justice, emergency management, multicultural affairs, settlement services and immigration and border-related functions.
The Government of the Republic of Nauru (Facebook page)
Nauru country brief : Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs

Resources for educators, students and all inquisitive humanitarians

Teaching About Global Refugee Crises Teaching resource drawing on landmark SBS documentary Go Back To Where You Came From, and exploring migration within the context of contemporary multicultural Australia. (Updated Oct, 2023)
You Have Been Told A Lie (podcast) The Tamil asylum seeker family from Biloela — you may think you know their whole story, but You Have Been Told A Lie (June, 2023) Offshore and Out of Mind (video) In under ten minutes, human rights lawyer Madeline Gleeson (from Kaldor Centre, UNSW) will unpack why offshore processing of refugees is both ineffective and inhumane.
Behrouz – A story of survival is a feature documentary telling the story of Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish journalist who fled the Iranian regime, seeking asylum in Australia in 2013. (Produced by a Simon V Kurian, June, 2022)
Die. Or Die Trying – Escaping the Taliban This documentary film depicts the gripping and emotional experience of 15 young women from Kabul as the Taliban invade their city and seize power. (Addison Road Community Organisation, April, 2022)
Asylum Insight : Explainer about some important refugee issues eg: Are asylum seekers illegal? What is refoulement? The Legacy Caseload. Boat turnbacks.
The trauma of life in limbo for refugees and asylum seekers in immigration detention (audio) : ‘The Coversation Weekly’ talks to two experts on immigration detention in Australia and the UK about why people are waiting months, sometimes years, for a decision about their future – and the impact it’s having on them. (March, 2022)
20 Years on from the Tampa Election : Resource kit produced by Australian Refugee Action Network (ARAN) August 2021. Twenty years of suffering, twenty years of shame.
The Tampa Affair – 20 Years On : Important information from the Kaldor Centre, UNSW
Refugee Policy and Timeline from Immigrant Health Service at The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
Women and Children First (Podcast) : This podcast series examines Australia’s policy of offshore detention and the treatment of refugees and people seeking asylum. (A joint project by National Justice Project, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Amnesty International Australia, The Kaldor Centre & Refugee Council of Australia)
'Temporary' : Kaldor Centre, UNSW (Podcast) : Caught in Australia’s campaign to “stop the boats” 30,000 people reached the shore only to enter a legal limbo. Meet the ‘legacy caseload’ and the system that keeps them in perpetual uncertainty.
Refugees On Air : is the one and only refugee podcast giving refugees, migrants and asylum seekers from all around Australia a voice to share their stories. Hosted by Syrian twins Sarah and Maya Ghassali, it aims to provide a platform for voices that are often silenced. Refugees On Air is a SYN Media Podcast.
‘The Welcome: Matt’s Story’ by Kiosk film : A Story of Belonging. (2:19 min)
Behrouz Boochani: Living in Limbo on Manus Island (25 min video from Talk to Al Jazeera in the Field, 2018) included within the article ‘Medically vulnerable refugees in Australia hotels freed’ (22/1/2021). Historical overview with Behrouz Boochani answering challenging questions.
Tell the Stories, even when the very telling makes you nauseous. If you don’t it will get worse (2021) : Heart-wrenching in-depth article about people who are held in offshore and onshore detention by the Australian government.
'The Staging Post' documentary  Directed by Jolyon Hoff and filmed by Khadim Dai, ‘The Staging Post’ follows the creation of the Cisarua Refugee Learning Centre and a refugee-led education revolution in Indonesia. 
Rent or purchase 'The Staging Post' on a DVD or as a digital download here   'The Staging Post' Study Guide
The Refugee Education Project is a touring program of film screenings, refugee-led workshops and live, online connections with refugee students and teachers at the Cisarua (“chi-saa-roo-a”) Refugee Learning Centre in Indonesia.

REFUGEE COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA
Refugee Council Of Australia (RCOA) : website contains various resources.
RCOA coordinates Refugee Week, which is Australia’s main annual activity to raise awareness about the issues affecting refugees and to celebrate the positive contributions made by refugees to Australian society. Originally celebrated in 1986, Refugee Week coincides with World Refugee Day (20 June).
Get the facts about asylum seekers
Get the Facts : Refugees in Australia – a quick guide (May 2020)
Information for Students Need ideas for your assignments? Want to learn about refugees? Information for Students
Information for Teachers and Educators Need ideas for your lessons? Need to understand more about refugees? Or need support for your refugee students?
Information about films eg. Journey beyond fear’ (2019) and ‘Island of Hungry Ghosts ‘(2019)
RCOA Schools Program : ‘Face-to-Face program’ for primary and secondary schools, teachers and interested community groups in Sydney metropolitan, Wollongong region and Melbourne.   
RCOA Face-to-Face brochure  Information available here. A representative from Refugee Council Of Australia (RCOA) and a speaker of refugee background present about the refugee experience. One-hour interactive presentation or two-hour workshop incorporating small group activities.

Commemorate Human Rights Day (10 December) the anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations (UN) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Activities / resources/ publications to commemorate Human Rights Day : Australian Human Rights Commission rights ED downloadable resources.

REFUGEE CHALLENGE (NSW)    
The Refugee Challenge is an opportunity for high school students to walk in someone else’s shoes. The students have a simulated refugee camp experience and a perilous journey in a leaky boat. 
Read more about the Refugee Challenge:
Refugee Challenge Training (Riverside Girls Girls High School, March 2019)
Students 'walk a mile' in refugee shoes (NSW Settlement Partnership (NSP) News & Events)
Students walk a mile in refugees' shoes (The Catholic Weekly, April 2019)

Contact for Refugee Challenge: Jenny Grey (Settlement & Multicultural Services Manager) at Gymea Community Aid & Information Services T (02) 9524 9559   M 0481 552 155  E jenny.grey@gcais.ngo.org.au  

REFUGEE YOUTH FORUM 
The Sutherland Shire Refugee and Asylum Seeker Youth Forum (2019) was a youth-led program supported by Gymea Community Aid and Information Service, Settlement Services International, Jesuit Refugee Service, St Patrick’s College, Sydney Alliance and Sutherland Shire Council. Students listened to personal stories of recently arrived refugees and people seeking asylum, then Q and A with professionals working with refugees, followed by an interactive drumming session.
Lessons in life drummed into students by refugees (St George & Sutherland Shire Leader, June 2019)
Forum opens young minds to 'transformative social change' (NSW Settlement Partnership (NSP))
> Talk to your local council about delivering similar a Youth Forum.  

ASYLUM INSIGHT  
Asylum Insight School Resources provide facts on people seeking asylum and refugees for secondary students and their teachers. Asylum Seekers and Refugees – The Facts (2019) – 30 page [PDF]
What is seeking asylum?
What laws exist to manage issues?
How is Australia responding?
Going further

ROADS TO REFUGE
Roads to Refuge Resources, interactive web program, teaching ideas, multicultural perspectives public speaking competition. Supported by UNSW Centre for Refugee Research  and NSW Department of Education. Roads to Refuge program for schools. Roads to Refuge program for schools.

UNHCR  (Global perspective) 
UNHCR Teachers’ Toolkit : Teaching about Refugees (Pages 6-9, 9-12, 12-15, 15-18)
1.     Words matter
2.     Facts and figures about refugees
3.     UNHCR media materials and reports
4.     Teaching materials
5.     Including refugees in your classroom
6.     Other teaching resources

AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS
Refugee Facts (Red Cross) : Refugee and asylum seeker facts and resources

THE CENTRE FOR REFUGEE RESEARCH, UNSW 
Celebration of Refugee Lives booklet : stories of strength and resilience (2008)

ASYLUM SEEKER RESOURCE CENTRE
‘Words that Work’ initiative from Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) ASRC is working with communities across Australia to shift attitudes by changing the way we talk about people seeking asylum.
In 2016 the ASRC developed a values-based conversation framework drawn from the ground breaking Words that Work research of communication expert Anat Shenker-Osorio. This research found that certain words and phrases have a positive impact on those who are undecided about the issue.
The Community Action Workshop presents this framework along with tools and strategies to open up conversations. It equips participants to speak more confidently about the rights of people seeking asylum. By sharing our values and experiences in conversation, we allow people space to make up their own minds, making a shift in attitudes more possible. Words that Work [PDF]

CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Children's books about refugees and asylum seekers
Maryam Masters, NO WORDS, Pan Macmillan Australia, July 2022 (Teachers' notes)
Nadia Wheatley and illustrated by Armin Greder, FLIGHT, Windy Hollow Books, 2015 (Teachers’ notes)
Morris Gleitzman, BOY OVERBOARD, Penguin Books, 2002 (Teachers’ notes)

Reading list

REPORTS

In Endless Transit: Contributions and Challenges for Refugee-led Initiatives in Indonesia (Act for Peace, July 2023) By Mohammad Baqir Bayani, Patrick Wall, Najeeba Wazefadost and Tristan Harley. This project was supported by Act for Peace, the Asia Pacific Network of Refugees and the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW Sydney.

Finish This Crisis : Stories Exposing the Horrors of Offshore Detention Asylum Seekers Resource Centre report (July 2023) The Use of Hotels as Alternative Places of Detention (APODs) Australian Human Rights Commission report (June 2023) External Processing: A Tool to Expand Protection or Further Restrict Territorial Asylum? By Pauline Endres de Oliveira and Nikolas Feith Tan (February 2023)
‘Temporary Protection Visas Australia : A reform proposal’ Kaldor Centre Policy Brief by Mary Anne Kenny, Nicholas Procter and Carol Grech (June 2022)
The Kaldor Centre's Principles For Australian Refugee Policy (March 2022) First published June 2019; revised March 2022.
Making sense of movement in the context of climate change Kaldor Centre Conference Report. Find highlights, insights and solutions from the Kaldor Centre 2021 Conference (‘Whose move? Addressing displacement and migration in the face of climate change’) in this report.
Cruel, costly and ineffective: The failure of offshore processing in Australia Kaldor Centre Policy Brief by Madeline Gleeson and Natasha Yacoub (August 2021) Interview with authors Policy briefs are available online at https://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/publications
Together in Safety A report on the Australian government’s separation of families seeking safety by the Human Rights Law Centre. (April 2021)
Stateless Children report – A Place to Call Home Shining a light on unmet legal need for stateless refugee children in Australia by the Refugee Advice & Casework Service (RACS) & Peter McMullin Centre. (March 2021)
History of Access to Schooling for Children in Australia’s Immigration Detention Centres 1989 to 2005 PhD research by Shawn Fracchia, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 2020
Seven Years On : An Overview of Australia's Offshore Processing Policies Refugee Council of Australia’s Report (July 2020)
Asylum seeking children and adolescents in Australian immigration detention on Nauru: a longitudinal cohort study Australian clinicians will report results from detailed health and well-being assessments of asylum seeking children and adolescents who have been detained on Nauru. Outcome measures will be reported from the time arrival in Australia and repeated over a five-year follow-up period. (March 2020)
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNICEF)
“When the grandmothers are protesting you know there’s something up” Gender, Space and the Body Honours Thesis by Jéan-Louise Olivier, University of Newcastle, 2017
Honours Project Summary by Jéan-Louise Olivier, University of Newcastle, 2017
Australian Human Rights Commission 'The Forgotten Children' 2014 report (2016 update) National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention. The report revealed that the prolonged, mandatory detention of asylum seeker children causes them significant mental and physical illness and development delays.
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Report, August 2015 Taking responsibility: conditions and circumstances at Australia’s Regional Processing Centre in Nauru.
Report of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers, August 2012 Australian Government
'I Had To Do Something. I Couldn't Do Nothing!' Citizen Action In Support Of Asylum Seekers In Australia, 2001-2006. PhD thesis by Grandmother Diane Gosden, School of Social Sciences, University of NSW, 2012

BOOKS

Shankari Chandran, SAFE HAVEN, (a novel about finding a home) Ultimo Press, 2024 Priya Nadesalingam with Rebekah Holt, HOME TO BILOELA : The story of the Tamil family that captured our hearts, Allen & Unwin, 2023 Silverstein, CRUEL CARE : A History of Children at Our Borders, Monash University Publishing, 2023 Om Dhungel, BHUTAN to BLACKTOWN : Losing everything and finding Australia, UNSW Press, 2023 Gaia Vince, NOMAD CENTURY How to Survive the Climate Upheaval, Penguin UK, 2022
Behrouz Boochani FREEDOM, ONLY FREEDOM The Prison Writings of Behrouz Boochani, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022
Aileen Crowe ACTS OF CRUELTY Reports from Experiences of Australia's Refugee Determination Process, Palaver, 2022
Zaheda Ghani POMEGRANATE AND FIG Hachette, 2022
Akuch Kuol Anyieth UNKNOWN : A Refugee's Story Text Publishing, 2022
Michelle Jasmin Dimasi HOPE, SOLIDARITY ANND DEATH AT THE AUSTRALIAN BORDER: Christmas Island and Asylum Seekers Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022
Matthieu Aikins THE NAKED DON’T FEAR THE WATER An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees, Harper Collins, 2022
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre SEEKING ASYLUM : OUR STORIES Black Inc., 2021
Abbas Nazzari AFTER THE TAMPA From Afghanistan to New Zealand, Allen & Unwin, 2021
Ruth Balint and Julie Kalman SMUGGLED : AN ILLEGAL HISTORY OF JOURNEYS TO AUSTRALIA New South Books, 2021
Khan, Hafsar, Aziyah, Jasmin, Abbas STILL LIVES Five tales of statelessness, asylum, arrest, settlement and home. Essay in Meanjin Quarterly, Winter 2021, Melbourne University Publishing
Jaivet Ealom ESCAPE FROM MANUS The untold true story, Penguin, 2021
Zoe Holman WHERE THE WATER ENDS Seeking Refuge in Fortress Europe, Melbourne University Publishing, 2021
Malala Yousafzai WE ARE DISPLACED My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls around the World, Orion, 2021
E. Lily Yu ON FRAGILE WAVES Erewhon Books, 2021. Open in new window.
Safdar Ahmed STILL ALIVE Notes from Australia's immigration detention centre (a graphic novel), Twelve Panels Press, 2021
Sophie McNeill WE CAN’T SAY WE DIDN’T KNOW Dispatches from the age of impunity, ABC Books, 2020
Aminata Conteh-Biger and Juliet Rieden RISING HEART Pan Macmilllan Australia, 2020
Jane McAdam and Fiona Chong REFUGEE RIGHTS and POLICY WRONGS A frank, up-to-date guide by experts, UNSW Press, 2019
Craig Foster and Alex Engel-Mallon FIGHTING FOR HAKEEM Hachette Australia, 2019
Mark Isaacs THE KABUL PEACE HOUSE Hardie Grant, 2019
Edna O’Brien GIRL Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2019
Behrouz Boochani NO FRIEND BUT THE MOUNTAINS Picador, 2018
Behrouz Boochani A LETTER FROM MANUS ISLAND Broadstream Books, 2018
Daniel Ghezelbash REFUGE LOST Asylum Law in an Interdependent World, Cambridge University Press, 2018
Kon Karapanagiotidis THE POWER OF HOPE, Harper Collins, 2018
Deng Thiak Adut with Ben McKelvey SONGS OF A WAR BOY My Story, Hachette Australia, 2018
Gillian Triggs SPEAKING UP Melbourne University Press, 2018
Julian Burnside WATCHING OUT Reflections on Justice & Injustice, Scribe Publications, 2017
Robin de Crespigny THE PEOPLE SMUGGLER Penguin, 2017
THEY CANNOT TAKE THE SKY Stories from Detention, Edited by M. Green, A. Dao, A. Neville, D. Affleck and S. Merope, Allen & Unwin, 2017
Claire Higgins ASYLUM BY BOAT Origins of Australia’s Refugee Policy, UNSW Press, 2017
Madeline Gleeson OFFSHORE : Behind the wire on Manus and Nauru NewSouth, 2016 Websites referenced by Madeline Gleeson: Australian Border Force - News Room and UN Treaty Collection
Mark Isaacs NAURU BURNING An uprising and its aftermath, Editia.com, 2016
Randah Abdel-Fattah WHEN MICHAEL MET MINA Pan MacMillan Australia, 2016
Eva Orner CHASING ASYLUM Harper Collins, 2016
Munjed Al Muderis WALKING FREE The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Man Who Fled War-Torn Iraq, Came to Australia as a Refugee by Boat, Spent Months in a Detention Centre and Went on to Become a Pioneering Surgeon, Allen & Unwin, 2015
Mark Isaacs THE UNDESIRABLES Inside Nauru, Hardie Grant books Melbourne, 2014
Anh Do THE HAPPIEST REFUGEE Allen & Unwin, 2010
THE BOAT an interactive graphic novel about 16 year old girl escaping from Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon, SBS, 2015
Book list : On Refugees & displaced people (from Booktopia)

CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Children's books about refugees and asylum seekers (from Readings)
Maryam Masters NO WORDS Pan Macmillan Australia, July 2022 (Teachers' notes)
Nadia Wheatley and illustrated by Armin Greder FLIGHT Windy Hollow Books, 2015 (Teachers’ notes)
Morris Gleitzman BOY OVERBOARD Penguin Books, 2002 (Teachers’ notes)

Refugee advocacy groups

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW, Sydney is the world's leading research centre dedicated to the study of international refugee law.
Asylum Seekers Centre Sydney : ASC in Newtown, Sydney is a place of welcome and provides practical and personal support for people living in the community who are seeking asylum. ASC can help obtain free legal advice about applications for protection from a range of legal providers. 
Asylum Seekers Resource Centre :  ASRC is a primarily an asylum seeker support organisation in Australia based in Footscray, Melbourne, but it also advocates for the rights of asylum seekers.
Mums 4 Refugees NSW : Seeking the involvement and support of mothers from all cultural, social and political spectrums who want to see a compassionate and inclusive approach taken towards people who arrive as asylum seekers and refugees.   
Refugee Council of Australia : RCOA is the national umbrella body for refugees and people seeking asylum and those who support them. 
Service directories for refugees and people seeking asylum (ROCA)
Australian Refugee Action Network : ARAN is a national alliance of refugee action and advocacy groups. 
Rural Australians for Refugees : RAR is an informal network of regional and rural groups supporting and advocating for refugees and people seeking asylum.
Doctors for Refugees : focuses on education and advocacy related to concerns about immigration detention.
Edmund Rice Centre : Awareness. Advocacy. Action.
Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group : BMRSG is a diverse group of ordinary Australians from all sides of politics united by the vision of an openhearted Australia where people seeking refuge and asylum are treated with justice and compassion.
Grandmothers for Refugees
Refugee Action Coalition Sydney : RAC is a grassroots group campaigning for refugee rights in Australia.
National Refugee-led Advisory and Advocacy Group : NRAAG is is a recently formed refugee led entity that envisions to create spaces, platforms and strong voices led by former refugees, people from refugee like backgrounds and people seeking asylum in key decision making tables, policy,  public & media discourse. 
Ads-Up : is a network of Australians and allies in USA and Canada working to support refugees arriving under the US-Australia refugee deal. They are also working to sponsor those who aren’t eligible for that arrangement to go to Canada.
Labor for Refugees NSW/ACT : have been working since 2001 to seek a just and fair Labor Party policy on refugees and people seeking asylum.
End Child Detention Coalition : The End Child Detention Coalition Australia advocates for the release of children from immigration detention and takes the position that detention is never in the best interests of a child.
Refugee Action Collective Queensland in Brisbane is a broad group of concerned people from all walks of life dedicated to fighting for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, and for the reform of Australia’s immigration policies.  
Refugee Action Collective (Vic) : a voluntary activist group with the objective of protecting refugee rights through its campaign activism.
Refugee Action Campaign (Canberra) : (RAC) a network seeking the fair and humane treatment of asylum seekers. Website includes ‘An Alternative to Cruelty’ : A humanitarian and rational refugee policy for Australia.
Refugee Rights Action Network WA (RRAN WA)
Bayside Refugee Advocacy and Support Association : BRASA (in Melbourne) aims to raise awareness of issues faced by asylum seekers in Australia, Nauru and PNG.
Australian Churches Refugee Taskforce : A Christian vision of compassion and hospitality for asylum seekers and refugees.

ADVOCACY GROUPS ON FACEBOOK
Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group
Bring Priya, Nades and their girls home to Biloela
Refugee Survivors and ex-Detainees
Grandmothers for Refugees Sydney & Surrounds
Grandmothers for Refugees Newcastle
Grandmothers for Refugees
Grandmothers for Refugees Ballarat
Grandmothers for Refugees Bendigo
Grandmothers Adrc Macnamara (Melbourne)
Mums4Refugees
The Indefinite Refugee Sleepout (sleepout has ended)
Doctors 4 Refugees
Craig Foster - Social Service page
Teachers for Refugees NSW
Eyes On Offshore
NSW Greens for Refugees
Human Rights Visual Story Telling Place
ChilOut Revived A Facebook page run by individuals to inform about child detention issues, but is no longer associated with Children Out of Immigration Detention (ChilOut), which closed down on 29 June 2018.