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Jane Mcadam

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Climate impacts are forcing people from their homes. When, how and why do they have valid refugee claims?

Climate impacts are forcing people from their homes. When, how and why do they have valid refugee claims?

We don’t need to reinvent the wheel and can dispense with unhelpful terms like ‘climate refugee’. Existing laws, applied correctly, can protect...

10.02.2025 8

The Conversation

Jane Mcadam

The pressing case for a new emergency visa to help people fleeing Gaza and other conflicts

Recent conflicts in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Sudan and Gaza have displaced large numbers of people. In each case, Australia’s humanitarian response...

23.09.2024 30

The Conversation

Jane Mcadam

Dutton, Gaza and why we need an emergency protection framework

Peter Dutton’s politicised dog-whistling about visas for people fleeing the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza ignores the devastation and extreme...

22.08.2024 2

Pearls and Irritations

Jane Mcadam