Politicians Have Scapegoated Immigration for Decades

For the Coalition, it was about stopping so-called “illegals”. For Labor, it was framed as “saving lives at sea”. For both, it was about keeping people seeking asylum out of contact with the Australian community, demonised and dehumanised, called by numbers, not...
Australia Should Halt Nauru Deportation Plan Pearls & Irritations

Australia Should Halt Nauru Deportation Plan Pearls & Irritations

The government is targeting refugees and migrants whom it had previously been forced to release from its onshore immigration detention system following a landmark 2023 high court ruling. The court ruled that Australia’s use of indefinite immigration detention was...
LIVES ON HOLD: ‘Desta’

LIVES ON HOLD: ‘Desta’

I was born in Tigray, a province in northern Ethiopia. I am a mathematician and have studied and worked in many universities. I completed my Bachelor’s degree at one university in southern Ethiopia and was then employed at another one, south of the capital (Addis...