Stop the boats! Moral panic in Australia over asylum seekers

Martin, Greg

doi:10.1080/10304312.2014.986060

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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: Occupation, Participation and Health

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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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Occupational Experiences of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Resettling in Australia

Mayne

Lowrie

Wilson

2016

OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health

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“…In addition to the geographical location, it should also be noted that many of the asylum-seekers arriving by boat made an attempt to land on Australian soil through ASEAN countries like Indonesia and Malaysia. This has created an anxiety of an ‗Asian invasion' which is growing significantly within Australian society [21]. I suppose if Australia were to join ASEAN and build people-to-people linkages in 2025 throughout the region, it might make the movement of asylum seekers to Australia smoother, and Canberra would not like that.…”

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Asean Connectivity 2025: Shall Australia Become the Future Member of Asean?

Korwa¹

2019

The International Conference on ASEAN 2019

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The issue of Australia becoming a full member of ASEAN has been a widely-debated topic in recent years. Nowhere is this more relevant than in Southeast Asia, where the future idea of connectivity in the region is compromised. This paper aims to investigate whether or not Australia can join ASEAN in 2025. The 'secondary research' method is utilized to gather data as well as adopting a qualitative approach to analyze the topic. This paper finds that Australia will not become the ASEAN member for several reasons. Firstly, the Australian community is different from Southeast Asian nations. Secondly, Australia is geographically not in Asia. Thirdly, the bid of Australia to be a full ASEAN community partner may not only trigger the debate among ASEAN leaders but also undermine its community vision for 2025. Lastly, Australia will restrict itself to its policy autonomy and comply with ASEAN Way (the principle of non-interference and consensus decisionmaking) which are not in the best interests of Australia.This paper finally concludes that ASEAN Connectivity 2025 will be better off without Australia and, to work towards a better ASEAN, it recommends for Australia to maintain its status quo as the ASEAN dialogue partnership.

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“…“You have to understand,” the Somali‐British poet Warsan Shire writes about the refugee crisis, “no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land” (quoted in Friedman, ). Today, the Hazaras are one of the main communities of refugees who use small fishing boats to get to Australia (Martin, ). The problem of Hazara asylum‐seekers in Australia has become so significant that the Australian government placed ads on Afghan television stations warning them not to come.…”

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Medium of the Oppressed: Folk Music, Forced Migration, and Tactical Media

Karimi

2017

Communication, Culture & Critique

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This article examines the mediatisation of folk music among the Hazara people. It demonstrates how the Hazara community, a religious and ethnic minority from Afghanistan, uses folk music as an alternative media form to resist official and exclusionary narratives. It argues that folk music among socially excluded minority groups serves as something more than mere entertainment—it functions as a tactical medium. Drawing on the song texts of Hazara folk music, particularly the works of the Sarkhosh brothers, this article explores how the experience of persecution and forced migration transformed the way this community makes music. The article also shows how the mediatisation of their folk songs helped the Hazara people overcome the Islamic stigmatization of instrumental music.

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Stop the boats! Moral panic in Australia over asylum seekers

Cited by 69 publications

References 26 publications

Occupational Experiences of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Resettling in Australia

Occupational Experiences of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Resettling in Australia

Asean Connectivity 2025: Shall Australia Become the Future Member of Asean?

Medium of the Oppressed: Folk Music, Forced Migration, and Tactical Media

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