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NSW 2140
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Woolloongabba,
QLD 4102
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The most recently published report of the research is the Sept 2006 "Deported to Danger II".
This report draws upon the past work to synthesise the research process into a single simple question:
"What happens to Australia's rejected asylum seekers?"
The 2004 report on the research "Deported to Danger" refined the earlier set of research questions:-
1. Has the Australian Government or its agencies sent or attempted to send rejected asylum seekers
to unsafe places?
2. Has the Australian Government or its agencies actually increased the dangers for rejected asylum
seekers by sending reports about them to overseas authorities?
3. In managing removals, has the Australian Government or its agencies encouraged asylum seekers to obtain false passports, or become associated with bribery and corruption?
4. Is the manner of conducting asylum seeker removals consistent with Australia’s legal obligations?
5. Is the manner of conducting asylum seeker removals consistent with Australia’s traditional
values?
The 2003 interim report on the research "No Liability" outlines an initial set of research questions:
We set out to examine the process of removal, the conditions people were placed in, and their status in the country to which Australia removed them. The question we set out to answer initially was:
1. Is the Australian Government sending or attempting to send asylum seekers to places which are not safe?
During the research process evidence suggested to us that a new theme was emerging, in terms of some of the methods used by Australia in the process of removal. This prompted the need to answer the following two questions:
2 Has the Australian Government encouraged refugees to obtain false papers and is there is evidence of bribery and corruption?
3. Is the conduct of removals consistent with Australia’s legal obligations and values?
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ERC's success in mounting a coherent argument for the reopening of the cases of those asylum seekers that Australia has deported to danger, has been based on rigorous research in situ in the countries to which these people were returned.
Such work has high levels of risk for our researchers and for the deportees. We are committed to accompanying these vulnerable people to achieve safety. In many cases their treatment by Australia has placed them at greater risk than when they were first forced to flea their place of origin.
The results of this research conducted by ERC Director Phil Glendenning and colleagues has been published in two reports: Deported to Danger. Information about the research and copies of the reports are available here.
The unique nature of this human rights research work means that it does not qualify for most sources of funding from agencies. The work can therefore only be continued through your support. To donate please go to our donations page.
Donations for this ERC work are tax deductible!
