Vrachnas John, Boyd Kim, Bagaric Mirko, Dimopoulos Penny. Migration and Refugee Law: Principles and Practice in Australia

Cambridge University Press, 2005. — 363 p.Migration and refugee law and policy is fundamentally concerned with the choices that we as a nation make regarding the people that we want to allow into our community and share our resources. This involves balancing a number of complex and competing considerations, including the self-interest of the nation and the desire to assist needy people from other parts of the world. It also involves making qualitative judgments regarding the worth and utility of potential migrants. It is thus an inherently complex and controversial area of the law.
Migration and Refugee Law: Principles and Practice in Australia provides an overview of the legal principles governing the entry of people into Australia. As well as dealing with migration and refugee law today, the book analyses the policy and moral considerations underpinning this area of law. This is especially so in relation to refugee law, which is one of the most divisive social issues of our time. The book suggests proposals for change and how this area of law can be made more coherent and principled.
This book is written for all people who have an interest in migration and refugee law, including judicial officers, migration agents (and lawyers) and students.
John Vrachnas was a full time member of the Refugee Review Tribunal for more than tenyears andwrote over1,000 decisions.Hehas been a lecturer inMigration and Citizenship Law at the University of Technology Sydney.
Kim Boyd is a former member of the Refugee Review Tribunal. Prior to working at the Tribunal she worked as a migration lawyer.
Mirko Bagaric is a Professor of Law and Head of the School of Law at Deakin University. He is also a part-time member of both the Refugee Review Tribunal and the Migration Review Tribunal.
Penny Dimopoulos is completing a PhD in refugee law at La Trobe University and has written a number of refereed papers on refugee law.