Missing the Boat: Australia and Asylum Seeker Deterrence Messaging

Fleay, Caroline; Cokley, John; Dodd, Andrew; Briskman, Linda; Schwartz, Larry

doi:10.1111/imig.12241

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“…The findings further suggest that perceptions of Australia as a land of potential occupational opportunity are frequently countered by embedded discourses from the Australian government in the form of advertising campaigns within countries from which asylum seekers originate or through which they pass. A number of articles highlighted how these campaigns are launched with the intention of deterring people from seeking asylum in Australia, by highlighting the dangers and hardships they will face and the likelihood that they will not be resettled (Fleay, Cockley, Dodd, Briskman, & Schwartz, 2016; Martin, 2015). Such campaigns were reported to emphasize the likelihood of indefinite detention and the unlikely possibility of eventual resettlement (Department of Immigration and Border Protection, 2016b), thereby limiting peoples’ perceptions of the occupational possibilities within Australia.…”

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Occupational Experiences of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Resettling in Australia

Mayne

Lowrie

Wilson

2016

OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research

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The contexts into which refugees and asylum seekers resettle, particularly the socio-political context as represented through various discourses, shape their occupational opportunities, health, and well-being. This article explores current literature in regard to the contemporary Australian discursive climate, particularly in relation to the way it may shape the occupational experiences of refugees and asylum seekers. In addition, a synthesis of current research regarding the occupational experiences of refugees and asylum seekers during their period of resettlement is presented. These two topics of research, drawn from 42 articles, were thematically analyzed. Identified themes include imagined possibilities prior to arrival, establishing occupational routines on entry to the Australian community, and pursuing a personally meaningful life. The authors argue that consideration of the way in which discourse shapes the lived world, and in turn, the occupational opportunities of refugees and asylum seekers, is of key importance for those working with these marginalized groups.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Occupational Experiences of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Resettling in Australia

Mayne

Lowrie

Wilson

2016

OTJR: Occupational Therapy Journal of Research

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“…The distinction made in the 1980s onwards between asylum seekers (persons arriving without prior authorization) and “Convention” refugees (those granted residency visas prior to arrival) further put to test the viability of existing international procedures. Australia implemented stringent policies of deterrence to asylum seekers, and other countries of Europe and North America instituted similar policies and practices…”

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The contemporary refugee crisis: an overview of mental health challenges

2017

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There has been an unprecedented upsurge in the number of refugees worldwide, the majority being located in low-income countries with limited resources in mental health care. This paper considers contemporary issues in the refugee mental health field, including developments in research, conceptual models, social and psychological interventions, and policy. Prevalence data yielded by cross-sectional epidemiological studies do not allow a clear distinction to be made between situational forms of distress and frank mental disorder, a shortcoming that may be addressed by longitudinal studies. An evolving ecological model of research focuses on the dynamic inter-relationship of past traumatic experiences, ongoing daily stressors and the background disruptions of core psychosocial systems, the scope extending beyond the individual to the conjugal couple and the family. Although brief, structured psychotherapies administered by lay counsellors have been shown to be effective in the short term for a range of traumatic stress responses, questions remain whether these interventions can be sustained in low-resource settings and whether they meet the needs of complex cases. In the ideal circumstance, a comprehensive array of programs should be provided, including social and psychotherapeutic interventions, generic mental health services, rehabilitation, and special programs for vulnerable groups. Sustainability of services, ensuring best practice, evidence-based approaches, and promoting equity of access must remain the goals of future developments, a daunting challenge given that most refugees reside in settings where skills and resources in mental health care are in shortest supply.

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“…States and intergovernmental bodies also seek to govern how people think about migration through information campaigns (Brachet, 2016; Fleay et al., 2016; Heller, 2014; McNevin et al., 2016; Musarò, 2019; Nieuwenhuys and Pécoud, 2007; Oeppen, 2016; Pécoud, 2010; Schloenhardt and Philipson, 2013; Watkins, 2017a; Williams, 2019). Such campaigns date to at least the 1980s when the UNHCR used them in Cambodia and Vietnam (United Nations, 1992: 715).…”

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Irregular migration, borders, and the moral geographies of migration management

Watkins

2020

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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Migration management expresses the idealizations of policymakers: how they view the world’s ideal biopolitical and geopolitical organization. This article presents an analysis of an anti-irregular migration campaign funded by Australia and administered by the International Organization for Migration to deter “potential people smugglers” in Indonesia. The article demonstrates that the campaign attempted to normalize the idea that transporting irregular migrants was immoral and a sin. The Indonesia–Australia border and the Westphalian nation-state system were structured as moral geographies. The campaign framed immigration law as the ultimate determinant of moral and immoral migration, proclaiming a righteousness in immobilizing irregular migrants, regardless of circumstance. Per the campaign, moral migration is to be managed, and borders to be guarded, by unaccountable consultants for hire like the International Organization for Migration—states’ deputized migration managers. The article analyzes how irregular migration was structured as subverting and exploiting territorialized nations, how the campaign associated emplacement and boundedness with safety and irregular migration with a threatening, foreign, immorality. Finally, the article investigates how everyday spaces were infiltrated by bordering practices designed to normalize the campaign’s purported “truths” about morality and migration, showing the varying temporalities and scales of border-making and migration management.

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Missing the Boat: Australia and Asylum Seeker Deterrence Messaging

Cited by 25 publications

References 21 publications

Occupational Experiences of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Resettling in Australia

Occupational Experiences of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Resettling in Australia

The contemporary refugee crisis: an overview of mental health challenges

Irregular migration, borders, and the moral geographies of migration management

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