Asylum policy, boat people and political discourse : boats, votes and asylum in Australia and Italy / Irial Glynn.

This book compares the policies of Australia and Italy towards boat people who have arrived in the two countries since the early 1990s. While the regular and varied inflow of immigrants arriving at national airports, ferry terminals and train stations is seldom witnessed by the public, the arrival o...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Glynn, Irial, 1979- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: International Obligations vs National Interests
  • Chapter 1: Boat People and Migration Theory
  • Chapter 2: A New Wave, 1989-1994
  • Chapter 3: The Rise of the Right, 1995-2000
  • Chapter 4: Boats and Votes, 2001-2006
  • Chapter 5: A Moral Dilemma, 2007-2015
  • Conclusion: Divergence or Convergence?