Fact sheets
Fact sheets and information on the Australian government’s refugee policies
The facts on refugees, March 2012 (Refugee Action Coalition)
Why Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are not safe
The government is currently trying to deport asylum seekers back to Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, these fact sheets explains why Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are not safe, especially for persecuted groups like the Tamils and Hazaras
Why do some asylum seekers destroy their passports?
People often ask why asylum seekers don’t have passports or other identity documents when they arrive. This fact sheet explains why many legitimate refugees are forced to do so.
Asylum seeker statistics
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (Melbourne) has up to date statistics on numbers of asylum seekers in Australia, numbers in detention, cost of detention and self-harm statistics
Visit the page or download the pdf here
The “Malaysian solution”, May 2011 (Refugee Action Coalition)
Ten myths about Australia’s plan to swap refugees with Malaysia (Asylum Seeker Resource Centre)
Australia’s legal obligations to refugees, February 2011 (Refugee Action Coalition)
Includes information on offshore processing and the implications of the last year’s High Court decision on its legality
Myths about the differences between judicial review, merits review, procedural fairness and natural justice in refugee law
Debunking the myths on refugees, August 2010 (Refugee Action Coalition)
Statistics on number of boat arrivals
Stats compiled by Project SafeCom
Visa freeze fact sheet, April 2010 (Refugee Action Coalition)
Indonesian solution fact sheet, December 2009 (Refugee Action Coalition)
https://refugeeactioncoalitionsydney.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/fact-sheet-indo-solution.pdf
RAC Victoria fact sheets
http://www.rac-vic.org/html/resources.htm
Fact sheet on the Siev X tragedy, 19 October 2001, when 353 asylum seekers drowned (prepared by RAC Canberra)
http://www.refugeeaction.org/downloads/siev-x.pdf
Asylum seeker Resource Centre fact sheets
Myths about queue jumping, that we face a “flood” of refugees, that refugees are wasting tax payers money
Fact sheet on the “East Timor solution” and off-shore processing
Edmund Rice Centre fact sheets
Refugee Action Coalition Sydney 