Government should take lesson from Christmas Islanders
It appears from all reporting that what makes the tragedy that occurred on the morning of Wednesday 15 December, 2010 on the shoreline of Christmas …
Villawood Detention Centre: Death of David Saunders – third Death in Three Months
Villawood Detention Centre continues to be a place of death with the third death of a detained man in three months. David Saunders, a 29 year …
Hometown Foreigners
We traditionally define a “foreigner” as someone who comes from a country other than our own. But that definition is too easy. It does not …
Ahmad Al Akabi: Another asylum seeker death in Villawood
Ahmad Al-Akabi, aged 41, had a wife and was a father of three girls aged two, four and seven. He had come to Australia and had hoped …
Book Review: The Strange Alchemy of Law and Life by Justice Albie Sachs
The victims and perpetrators of human rights abuses whisper from the pages of this short book. They speak to us of their struggle to realize …
En la nariz: perfumista chispas furor contra el racismo
El mes pasado, hablé de un problema de alienación que está emergiendo de Francia. Este mes, por casualidad, volví a recurrir otra controversia de Francia …
Only Water in a Stranger’s Tears
‘It’s only water in a stranger’s tears.’ I start with this line partly because I’ll always get in a musical reference if I can (it’s …
On the nose: perfumer sparks racism furore
Last month, I discussed a problem of foreignness emerging from France. This month, coincidentally, I again turn to a controversy from France that has gripped …
“Crossing Over” – Harrison Ford interpreta al agente del ICE
Crossing Over “es un drama de 2009 independiente de cine estadounidense que explorar la vida de los inmigrantes ilegales que intentan” cruzar la frontera “, …