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Asylum Seeker Narratives

(Status : Public)
Coordinated by AustLit UQ Team
  • This page contains links to visual representations of data about asylum seekers, and mostly derive from online news sources. Note: the graphics here are for various purposes and audiences; they may be factual, hypothetical, or even comical.

  • Boat People: This Is What You Are 'Anxious' About | Crikey

    Cartoon/graph from Crikey.com

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  • Asylum Seekers: Did Failure of Malaysian Solution Increase Boat Arrivals | Crikey

    Includes a comparative graph of 2010 and 2011 asylum seeker arrivals.

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  • Asylum Seekers: Impact of Temporary Protection Visas, Pacific Solution | Crikey

    Includes three graphs relating to asylum seeker numbers and resettlements associated with Nauru and Manus Islands.

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  • I Say Debate, You Say Gotcha. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

    Opinion piece including graph of asylum seeker numbers 1976-2010.

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  • Morality of Offshore Processing | Crikey

    Includes a graph showing submissions and departures data from the UNHCR's 'Projected Global Resettlement Needs' report.

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  • Majority of Asylum Seekers Come by Air / Courier Mail

    Courier Mail newspaper article, 6 July 2010.

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  • Stop the Fear, Not the Boats

    Opinion piece including a graph of Australian vs OECD asylum flows.

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  • UNHCR Asylum Seeker Figures: New Figures for Australian Refugees | Crikey

    Includes a table showing the number of asylum seekers accepted by Australia - and their destinations - compared with Italy.

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  • Wise Mr Metcalfe and the Asylum Questions Others Forgot - The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Includes a graph of boat arrivals 1979 (sic) - 2010.

    View here.

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