refugees

In the wake of the High Court's decision to rule the Malaysia Solution unlawful, human rights advocate and lawyer Julian Burnside joined Panorama to discuss what this means for refugee policy in Australia in the future.

Reporters Joseph Dunstan, Hayley Crane, Nat Tencic and Corey Mulroney with the story.

Audio: 

You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly.

Malaysia podcast.mp3

Fleeing their homes, risking their lives, setting out in leaky boats...the psychology of asylum seekers has become somewhat of a phenomenon.

A lot of research goes into the mental health effects of locking up asylum seekers, but what about how they cope in the community afterwards, still carrying memories of conflict or torture?

Panorama's Amelia Caddy talks to Dr Deborah Hocking and Dr Zachary Steel

Audio: 

You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly.

Refugee psychology - SYNcast.mp3

Immigration. Are you sick of it? The campaign has been dominated by it.
 
But are we trivialising the issue in pursuit of a good soundbite? And is this really about 'Western Sydney voters', or is this our own rascism and classism?
 
Jessie Schanzle and Tamzin Byrne spoke to:

Audio: 

You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly.

07_28 immigration edit.mp3

Civil war in Sri Lanka has displaced thousands of people, and over the last year, has forced thousands of Tamils to seek asylum in Australia.

The government has now announced a freeze on all claims from both Sri Lanka and Afghanistan for up to six months, saying the conditions in those countries are improving.

Rebecca Vukovic reports.

Audio: 

You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly.

Tamil refugees - SYNcast.mp3