Mary Crock

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce a method and preliminary findings from a database that systematically measures the character and stringency of immigration policies, based on the selection of that data for nine countries between 1999 and 2008, and challenge the idea that any one country is systematically the most or least restrictive toward admissions.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce a method and preliminary findings from a database that systematically measures the character and stringency of immigration policies, based on the selection of that data for nine countries between 1999 and 2008, and challenge the idea that any one country is systematically the most or least restrictive toward admissions.

TL;DR: The Essence of Control: Australia's Experience of Irregular Migration and Asylum Seekers People Smuggling and People Trafficking Part 2 - Asylum and Refugee Status Seeking Asylum: Refugee Status Determination Procedures Who is a Refugee? The Refugee Definition and "Protection" Protecting Australia: Border Control and the Deflection of Asylum seekers Refugee Outcomes: Temporary Protection, Permanent Settlement and Removal or Return Part 3 - Immigration Detention Enforcing Australia's Immigration Laws: Arrest, Detention and Removal Australia's Mandatory Detention Regime: The Legal Issues Mandatory Detention: Conditions of Detention World's Best Practice

TL;DR: The International Migration Policy and Law Analysis (IMPALA) database as discussed by the authors provides a comprehensive cross-national, time-series database of such policies, rendering the analysis of policy trends across and within these areas difficult at best.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a simple explanation of the legal, administrative and political procedures governing refugee claims made in Australia by non-citizens who enter Australia unlawfully and demand protection as refugees.