Australia: Island of Refuge #5

Chapter 1 Vietnam Previously in State of Affairs: In the mid-morning stillness, my husband’s colleague Truc begins to describe the vague recollections he has of the...

Life in Transit

I wanted to write about Joanna after attending the launch of her exhibition titled Departure, Transit, Arrival at the Migration Museum in Adelaide. Joanna had put the...

A Crack in the Immigration System

My home was built in the late 1960s, a federation-style house with amber glass, faux gold fittings and slate floors. For a middle-aged entity, this double-bricked beauty is...

Is it a migration crisis?

‘It’s not a crisis of migration. It’s a crisis of cooperation.’ This was the assessment of Dr Alan Gamlen, senior lecturer at the University of...