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Whatever happened to the right of asylum?

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posted on 2024-07-13, 05:29 authored by Klaus Neumann
The tragic events at Christmas Island this week are a reminder of the importance of the right to seek asylum. But the debate about refugees and asylum seekers is confused by a misunderstanding of the origins of the 1951 Refugee Convention, writes Klaus Neumann.

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Inside Story

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Swinburne University of Technology

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Copyright © 2010 by Inside Story and contributors. The published version is reproduced with the permission of the publisher.

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This is the revised text of an address delivered on 13 December to the 2010 Law and History conference in Melbourne.

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