“Turning Back The Boats”: Australia’s Interdiction of Irregular Migrants at Sea

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Abstract

At the end of 2013, the Australian Government reintroduced a policy to turn around or tow back vessels carrying irregular migrants, many of them asylum seekers. This policy is designed to prevent their arrival in Australia and return them to the place from where the vessels departed. A similar policy was in operation in late 2001 when, in the aftermath of the so-called ‘Tampa Affair’, four vessels were returned to Indonesia. This article examines the context, objectives, and controversies of this policy and explores the known successful and attempted ‘turn-backs’. The article critically evaluates the rationale and operation of the past and present policies and reflects on the question of whether to retain or repeal this approach.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)536-572
Seitenumfang37
FachzeitschriftInternational Journal of Refugee Law
Jahrgang27
Ausgabenummer4
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Dez. 2015

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