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Sending Them Home: Refugees and the New Politics of Indifference: Quarterly Essay 13
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Sending Them Home: Refugees and the New Politics of Indifference: Quarterly Essay 13
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) David Corlett
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By (author) Robert Manne
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:1 | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 167 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9781863951418
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Classifications | Dewey:323.6310994 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | General | |
Edition |
13th edition
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Black Inc.
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Imprint |
Quarterly Essay
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Publication Date |
1 March 2004 |
Publication Country |
Australia
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Description
In the firstQuarterly Essayof 2004, Robert Manne tells the stories of individual asylum seekers and finds in their experience the seeds of a devastating critique. Balancing sorrow and pity with a controlled anger, Manne develops a sustained argument about what could, and should, be done for the nine thousand refugees who remain in limbo on temporary protection visas.Sending Them Homealso contains a groundbreaking account of conditions in the offshore processing camps on Nauru, whose operations have until now been shrouded in secrecy, and a damning forensic investigation of the recent efforts to return - frequently against their will - many of those who sought our protection and whose countries remain in turmoil. Combining ethical reflection and acute political analysis, this essay initiates a new phase in the refugee debate. 'No one ought to pretend that the unanticipated arrival of the Iraqis, Afghans and Iranians did not pose real ... problems for Australia. However these problems arose not because these people were not genuine refugees. They arose, rather, precisely because the overwhelming majority of them were.' -Robert Manne,Sending Them Home
Author Biography
Authors Bio, not available
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