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Australia asylum seeker policy
![Australia’s Controversial Asylum Policies Australia’s Controversial Asylum Policies](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-04_09-15-52.jpg)
Australia’s Controversial Asylum Policies
By Gemima Harvey
The country’s brutal policies are leaving it increasingly isolated.
![Cambodia and the Australian Asylum Seeker Deal Cambodia and the Australian Asylum Seeker Deal](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-29_07-23-44.jpg)
Cambodia and the Australian Asylum Seeker Deal
By Clothilde Le Coz
Cambodia agrees to welcome more refugees from Nauru, but analysts see a deadlock.
![Australia’s Disastrous Asylum Seeker Deal Australia’s Disastrous Asylum Seeker Deal](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-01_11-23-28.jpg)
Australia’s Disastrous Asylum Seeker Deal
By Helen Clark
Whether it continues or not, the deal with Cambodia has been an abject failure.
![Crocodile Tears for the Rohingya Crocodile Tears for the Rohingya](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-05-29_06-41-35.jpg)
Crocodile Tears for the Rohingya
By Luke Hunt
Political realities within the region worsen the plight of an oppressed minority.
![Australia: A Boring Budget? Australia: A Boring Budget?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-05-14_07-17-36.jpg)
Australia: A Boring Budget?
By Helen Clark
The Australian government tries to avoid the controversy that followed last year’s offering.
![Cautions for Australians, Lies for Refugees Cautions for Australians, Lies for Refugees](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-22_12-34-37.jpg)
Cautions for Australians, Lies for Refugees
By Elaine Pearson
Australia is pulling out all stops to convince asylum seekers to take the Cambodia option.
![Cambodia and Australia: Treating Refugees as Bargaining Chips Cambodia and Australia: Treating Refugees as Bargaining Chips](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-03-05_13-02-52.jpg)
Cambodia and Australia: Treating Refugees as Bargaining Chips
By Bill Frelick
The two countries are selective in their interpretation of international laws on the rights of refugees.
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The State Against the Stateless
By Ben Reynolds
International law cannot fix statelessness, because statelessness is created by the international order.
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Australia Must Do Its Fair Share on Refugees
By Susan Metcalfe
Rich countries like Australia are not pulling their weight when it comes to hosting the world’s displaced.
![Australia: Time for a Kimberley Plan II? Australia: Time for a Kimberley Plan II?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-10-29_11-54-02.jpg)
Australia: Time for a Kimberley Plan II?
By Grant Wyeth
North West Australia could offer a resolution for Australia’s asylum seeker mess.
![An Unloved Australia Seals Its Cambodian Refugee Deal An Unloved Australia Seals Its Cambodian Refugee Deal](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-09-26_10-21-59.jpg)
An Unloved Australia Seals Its Cambodian Refugee Deal
By Luke Hunt
The Australian government tries to bury a much-maligned resettlement deal for asylum seekers.
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Australia to Send Asylum Seekers to Cambodia
By Jarni Blakkarly
A deal expected to be signed this week has already sparked widespread criticism.