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	<title>Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) &#187; Australia and the Pacific</title>
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		<title>APPRN Statement on a new approach to regional cooperation on refugee protection</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/09/16/apprn-statement-on-a-new-approach-to-regional-cooperation-on-refugee-protection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) is deeply disappointed by the Australian government’s announcement that it intends to seek passage of legislation overturning the ruling by the High Court of Australia in the case of Plaintiff M70/2011 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. The High Court held that it is unlawful under Australia’s existing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The demise of the Malaysian Solution</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/09/05/the-demise-of-the-malaysian-solution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dr Savitri Taylor Source: La Trobe University  On 25 July 2011, Australia and Malaysia entered into a legally non-binding Arrangement, which provided for the transfer to Malaysia of up to 800 people arriving irregularly in Australia by boat after the date of signing.  The Gillard government attempted to implement this arrangement by using the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian High Court rules against refugee swap</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/08/31/australian-high-court-rules-against-refugee-swap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: The News Tribune CANBERRA, Australia — Australia&#8217;s highest court ruled Wednesday that Australia cannot send asylum seekers to Malaysia as part of a new refugee swap deal. The High Court reached a 5-2 majority decision to make permanent an injunction that has prevented Australia from transferring 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia in return for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APRRN Joint statement on the Australia – Malaysia refugee swap agreement</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2011/05/17/aprrn-joint-statement-on-the-australia-%e2%80%93-malaysia-refugee-swap-agreement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anoop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network is very concerned about the proposed  Australia-Malaysia bilateral agreement under which Australia plans to transfer 800 individuals seeking asylum to Malaysia in return for resettling an additional 4,000 refugees from Malaysia over the next 4 years. As civil society organisations working with refugees in the Asia Pacific region and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NGOs slam govt delay of asylum claims</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2010/05/06/ngos-slam-govt-delay-of-asylum-claims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 02:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anoop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 5, 2010 &#8211; 5:59PM Source: Sydney Morning Herald More than 40 non-government organisations from 16 countries have condemned the Rudd government&#8217;s decision to suspend the processing of asylum claims by Sri Lankan and Afghan nationals. In a joint statement released on Wednesday, 45 NGOs said the government had sent a clear message that it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INTERNATIONAL NGOS HIGHLIGHT DAMAGE CAUSED BY AUSTRALIAN SUSPENSION OF ASYLUM CLAIMS</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2010/05/05/international-ngos-highlight-damage-caused-by-australian-suspension-of-asylum-claims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 06:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anoop</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/?p=488</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Refugee Council of Australia media release Forty-five non-government organisations (NGOs) from 16 countries have combined to condemn the Australian Government’s decision to suspend the processing of asylum claims by Sri Lankan and Afghan nationals, highlighting the damage caused to regional efforts to protect refugees. In a joint statement coordinated by Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joint statement on Australian asylum processing suspension: violations of Australia’s international human rights obligations that undermine civil society efforts to strengthen refugee protections throughout the Asia Pacific region</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2010/04/27/joint-statement-on-australian-asylum-processing-suspension-violations-of-australia%e2%80%99s-international-human-rights-obligations-that-undermine-civil-society-efforts-to-strengthen-refugee-protecti/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anoop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We, the undersigned, condemn the Australian government’s decision to suspend its processing of all applications for asylum from individuals from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, for three and six months respectively. The Suspension Policy is predicated on a profound misreading of the current situations in Sri Lanka and in Afghanistan. It plainly violates Australia’s human rights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refugees nearing 150 days at sea</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2010/02/17/refugees-nearing-150-days-at-sea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anoop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[254 Sri Lankan Tamil-speaking refugees have been trapped on a tiny boat in the port of Merak in Indonesia. It will be 150 days on march 10th. Currently No humanitarian agencies apart from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) are allowed to visit the boat. The IOM, which gets $12 million a year from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Refugee Council of Australia: Australia cannot watch idly while asylum seekers face return to Sri Lanka</title>
		<link>http://refugeerightsasiapacific.org/2009/11/17/australia-cannot-watch-idly-while-asylum-seekers-face-return-to-sri-lanka/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Government cannot remain a passive bystander while asylum seekers on the Merak boat face the risk of return to Sri Lanka, the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) says. RCOA president John Gibson said the organisation was alarmed by media reports that the Indonesian Government was considering returning asylum seekers whose claims were yet to be examined.]]></description>
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