Ask Bookie
{
"item_title" : "Asylum by Boat",
"item_author" : [" Claire Higgins "],
"item_description" : "In the late 1970s, 2000 Vietnamese arrived in Australia by boat, fleeing persecution. Their arrival presented a challenge to politicians, but the way the Fraser government handled it, and the resettlement of tens of thousands more Indochinese refugees, marked a turning point in Australia's immigration history. Turn-backs and detention were proposed, and rejected. Claire Higgins' important book recounts these extraordinary events. It is driven by the question of how we moved from a humanitarian approach to policies of mandatory detention - including on remote islands - and boat turn-backs.",
"item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/74/223/567/1742235670_b.jpg",
"price_data" : {
"retail_price" : "32.99", "online_price" : "32.99", "our_price" : "32.99", "club_price" : "32.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : ""
}
}
Asylum by Boat : Origins of Australia's Refugee Policy
Overview
In the late 1970s, 2000 Vietnamese arrived in Australia by boat, fleeing persecution. Their arrival presented a challenge to politicians, but the way the Fraser government handled it, and the resettlement of tens of thousands more Indochinese refugees, marked a turning point in Australia's immigration history. Turn-backs and detention were proposed, and rejected. Claire Higgins' important book recounts these extraordinary events. It is driven by the question of how we moved from a humanitarian approach to policies of mandatory detention - including on remote islands - and boat turn-backs.
This item is Non-Returnable
Customers Also Bought
- 1
Details
- ISBN-13: 9781742235677
- ISBN-10: 1742235670
- Publisher: NewSouth Books
- Publish Date: January 2018
- Dimensions: 8.25 x 5.5 x 0.58 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.71 pounds
- Page Count: 256
Related Categories
