Boochani bears witness to the deterioration of the human spirit on Manus Island, where he’s been detained with hundreds of other asylum seekers for the last five years.
Articles on Manus Island
Displaying 21 - 40 of 115 articles
Behrouz Boochani wrote his memoir of incarceration on Manus Island one text message at a time. Translating this work of ‘horrific surrealism’ from Farsi to English was a profoundly philosophical experience.
Of course we should have sympathy for the soccer team trapped in the cave. We should extend similar compassion to those caught up in long-term crises that are harder to tackle.
The most morally monstrous actions might work as deterrents but be unacceptable morally even to the most casual conscience.
The detention centre for asylum seekers generated some economic benefits for Manus Islanders. But how would their forefathers have reasoned with the incarceration of men in exchange for development and money?
In 1921 the US imposed strict immigration quotas on Australians and detained the excess arrivals in terrible conditions. Contrast this with today’s treatment of asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru.
There are about 400-600 people in the now-defunct regional processing centre refusing to move to recently built transit centres in Lorengau – but these numbers shift daily.
The UN report findings show that concerns far outweigh any improvements in Australia’s human rights record.
Michelle Grattan speaks with Deep Saini about the week in Australian politics.
Health professionals often have to navigate an ethical minefield working in offshore detention facilities. The current crisis in Manus island provides a case in point.
On Tuesday, the Australian government will close the Manus Island regional processing centre in Papua New Guinea. Arguing that they have no safe place to go, nearly all 742 remaining residents are refusing…
Michelle Grattan speaks with Deep Saini about the week in Australian politics.
About 50 refugees from Nauru and Manus Island will leave in the next week to ten days for resettlement in the US.
The Australian government had and has the power to do things necessary to establish and maintain its immigration detention facility on Manus Island, despite detention violating PNG law.
Transcripts of a conversation between Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull reveal Australia’s refugee swap deal with the US may come to nothing.
The fracas between the United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) and the government over whether Australia agreed to settle a handful of the Manus Island/Nauru boat people with family here…
On ABC TV’s The Drum on Monday, author Antony Loewenstein called for a sports boycott of Australia. Loewenstein’s argument was that such a move from other countries could force a change in approach to…
The UNHCR has accused Australia of breaking its word by refusing to allow refugees on Manus Island and Nauru with family in Australia to settle here.
The case provided a platform to lay bare the ugly reality of conditions in detention, and the role of the Commonwealth and its contractors in producing and sustaining those conditions over many years.
Peter Dutton has put his credibility in the frame by sticking to his claim about the role of an incident involving a young boy in triggering the Manus Island disturbance that saw Papua New Guinea defence…
Top contributors
-
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
-
Adjunct professor, Adelaide University
-
Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
-
Senior Research Fellow, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
-
Senior Research Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
-
Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University
-
Lecturer, Western Sydney University
-
Lecturer (Sessional), Monash University
-
Associate Professor of Law, Member of Deakin Cyber and the Centre for Law as Protection, Deakin University, Deakin University
-
Professor and Chair: Mental Health Nursing, Adelaide University
-
Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Canberra
-
Sessional Lecturer and PhD Candidate, Monash University
-
Professor of Cultural Studies and Research Director of the Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University
-
Associate Lecturer, ANU College of Law – Migration Law Program, Australian National University
-
John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University