Articles by Oliver White

Global leadership for a global challenge IMAGE Aurora

Global leadership for a global challenge

February 01, 2017 Comments

This is the last in our series examining the plight of refugees and asylum seekers who make their way to Australia.

Why resettlement is not the solution to the world's refugee crisis IMAGE Aurora

Why resettlement is not the solution to the world's refugee crisis

November 02, 2016 Comments

Every minute of every day in 2015, some 24 people were displaced from their homes. That’s 34,000 people per day, worldwide, who were forced to seek refuge elsewhere. These large numbers of newly displaced persons further swelled the 16.1 million refugees in the world who, according to the UN Agency for Refugees (UNHCR), were already displaced.

Stopping the Boats Part II: A Threat to the Architecture of Protection IMAGE Aurora

Stopping the Boats Part II: A Threat to the Architecture of Protection

October 05, 2016 Comments

The war in Syria continues with no end in sight. For six years, Syrians have lived under a black cloud of misery and death. The number of refugees produced by this conflict is staggering: over 4.8 million people have managed to escape the horror and violence of the civil war.

Why stopping the boats does not solve the problem IMAGE Aurora

Why stopping the boats does not solve the problem

September 07, 2016 Comments

Austria’s foreign minister recently suggested that people seeking asylum in Europe should not be allowed to enter the continent, but should be held on offshore islands instead. Sebastian Kurz said that the principles of the “Australian model” should be applied to Europe, and went as far as to suggest that people who entered Europe “illegally” should lose their right to apply for asylum.