Seeking asylum alone: a study of Australian law, policy and practice regarding unaccompanied and separated children / Mary Crock.

Annandale, N.S.W. : Themis Press, 2006

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Refugees -- Government policy -- Australia.

Asylum, Right of -- Australia.

Emigration and immigration law -- Australia.

1. Anatomy of the project

2. Children in need of protection: the scale and nature of movement

3. Journeys of a lifetime: how and why child asylum seekers travel alone

4. An overview of international standards

5. Australian law and policies I: access to territory - non-entrée, interdiction and offshore processing

6 Australian laws and policies II: the domestic asylum system and protection outcomes

7. Identification and reception

8. Entering the refugee status determination system

9. The primary decision-making process: the DIMA interview

10. Challenging adverse decisions

11. Deciding refugee status

12. Unaccompanied and separated children and the international definition of refugee

13. Interdiction and offshore processing: the deflection of child asylum seekers

14. In search of permanent refuge: life on and after the Temporary Protection Visa

15. Towards the future: conclusions and recommendations.

Australia's refugee status determination system was established with adult asylum seekers as the norm. Case studies of children within the asylum process suggest that immigration officials and officials at appellate level have been poorly trained and have lacked the skills to deal with them appropriately.

"A report funded by the Myer Foundation, the Australian Research Council & the John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation" (Tp.)

Includes bibliography.

9781921113017

256 p. : ill.