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Deported to Danger Reports: 2004 - 2006 - Research Methodology
The Edmund Rice Centre reports on the fate of Australia's rejected asylum seekers are based on personal interviews.
In 2003-4 research staff interviewed 40 rejected asylum seekers.
In 2006, research staff interviewed 41 asylum seekers, 36 for the first time and 5 for the second time.
This brings the total number of formal interviews to 81. So far we have made contact with over 200 people from 19 countries.
To provide comparable information, interviews were conducted on a standardized format.
Where possible we sought corroborative material evidence to check the returnee’s story.
Where we could not find this and to control for any possible collusive fabrication, we looked to see if the pattern of an account was mirrored in independent interviews with other returnees in similar situations.
We have also checked the internal consistency of each account given us, a strategy also used by the Refugee Review Tribunal in assessing credibility.
We are satisfied that our data provide a reliable case for the Government to answer.
We have also drawn on reliable accounts from deportee contacts and expert respondents in Australia.
This is an on-going study.
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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.
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