2005: Seeking Asylum Conference - Institute for Public History and the Australian Centre for the Study of Jewish Civilization
Seeking Asylum in Australia 19952005: Experiences and Policies
The conference explored the motivation and experiences of people seeking asylum in Australia and the responses of various sectors of the Australian community. Refugees gave moving first-hand accounts of what it is like to be an asylum seeker while people working with asylum seekers as members of support groups, as well as academics, public servants and legal and medical professionals candidly discussed the development and implementation of Australias refugee policy and how it has impacted upon the lives it directly affects, and on Australia as a nation. We believe the program was first class, and although we had only small numbers attending, the feedback from them was overwhelmingly positive.
- Seeking Asylum flyer (pdf 153 kb)
- Conference Program (pdf 29 kb)
- Conference Papers