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“Nauru & PNG invalid”: legal opinion to ERC
September 06, 2011
In response to last week's decision from the High Court, to disallow the deportation of asylum seekers to Malaysia, the Edmund Rice Centre sought expert legal opinion as to the effect of the ruling...
Read More ShareHigh Court's Malaysia ruling: opportunity for new asylum paradigm
September 02, 2011
In the light of the High Court's Malaysia decision the Edmund Rice Centre today invited the nation's political leaders to chart a new asylum-seeker policy direction.
Read More ShareGillard's climate plan gives vital hope to the Pacific
July 12, 2011
The Edmund Rice Centre has today called on political leaders of all persuasions to support the Gillard carbon plan. "The Gillard carbon plan is an important and significant first step that all Australians should...
Read More ShareDeep fears held for Malaysia deportations deal
May 10, 2011
According to the Edmund Rice Centre, Malaysia's poor human rights record and refusal to sign the Refugee Convention, raise deep fears for the asylum-seeker deportation deal announced by the Australian Government at the weekend....
Read More ShareAustralia at an asylum policy crossroads
March 24, 2011
In the wake of a week that saw Australian Federal Police using tear gas and 'bean-bag bullets' to end asylum seeker protests on Christmas Island, Edmund Rice Centre Director, Phil Glendenning, today called for...
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