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Article from The Age outlining the legal challenge to the PNG asylum seeker solution by an asylum seeker

SBS news video duration 2 min 16 sec. Fiji's Foreign Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola has delivered a stinging attack on Australia's new asylum seeker policy, saying the 'PNG solution' is arrogant and inconsiderate.

"This paper examines the implementation of the secretary-general's recommendations on peace - building and sustaining peace in the context of PNG, both in terms of what has been done and what is still needed."

Document published by the Australian Civil-Military Centre (Aust. Gov.). Information regarding peacekeeping in PNG is on pages 19-22 and 69-70 & information regarding peacekeeping in East Timor is on pages 23-26 and 70-71.

An UN Refugee Agency Report expressing concerns about asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea including legal issues, refugee safety and protection questions.

David O'Shea travels to Indonesia to meet groups of asylum seekers who've already fled from Afghanistan, Iran and Myanmar and now want to make Australia home. Includes 16 minute video, transcript of the video and an interview with David O'Shea

Outlines the benefits to Papua New Guinea  in striking an asylum seeker deal with Australia but argues that PNG faces many difficulties in resettling asylum seekers

Amnesty International objects to this new PNG policy on legal and practical grounds

Father Frank Brennan SJ writes about the Australian people's and government's attitudes towards refugees and the need to work cooperatively with neighbouring countries.

Please note for EBSCO articles you will need to access EBSCO via the Kircher Canvas course (Research page) prior to clicking this link. "The article focuses on the political unrest in East Timor, which started in April 2006 following the riots in Dili. The 2006 East Timor crisis started as a conflict between the elements of the military over discrimination within the military and expanded to general violence throughput the country. The fighting between pro-government troops and disaffected Falintil troops broke out in May 2006. The motives behind the fighting appear to be distribution of oil funds and poor organization of the Timorese Army and the police."

"Focuses on impact of the 1998 Bougainville Crisis on the lives of the citizens of Papua New Guinea. Factors contributing to the conflict; Encouragement for international support; Role of anti-mining land-rights struggle in the movement for independence; Consequences of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army regime."