The Temporary Safe Haven - An Australian Perspective
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https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.22074Keywords:
Australia, Kosovar refugees, temporary protection, law, policy, non-refoulementAbstract
Australia's decision to provide temporary safe haven protection to 4000 Kosovars in response to the UNHCR request for assistance in their humanitarian evacuation from refugee camps in surrounding countries, required quick action by the government to provide for an unprecedented legislative and service delivery framework. This paper looks at the notion of temporary protection, both in international and specifically Australian context, before describing and assessing the legislative and service delivery mechanisms that facilitated Australia's response. This paper concludes that the risk of selective intepretation of the legislation and the denial of democratic rights to the subjects of legislation, and the less than adequate service delivery to the Kosovars, and the arguable breach of its international obligations, suggests that Australia will have to think twice before engaging in such a mechanism in the future.Metrics
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2001-01-01
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King, J. (2001). The Temporary Safe Haven - An Australian Perspective. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 19(2), 17–22. https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.22074
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