25 Jun 2019

Legal experts call for end to Pacific refugee detention

From , 3:02 pm on 25 June 2019

The world's only research institute specialising in international refugee law says Australia should stop detaining asylum seekers on Pacific Islands.

The Kaldor Centre at the University of New South Wales has recently released a set of principles it hopes the Australian government will adopt.

Its director, Jane McAdam, told Ben Robinson Drawbridge Australia once had a reputation for welcoming refugees.

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