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The Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at the University of NSW Sydney is the world’s leading research centre dedicated to the study of international refugee law. 1/10 #HealingTrauma #Justice4Australia #GameOver #HomeToBilo @KaldorCentre

Beautifully, the Centre was founded in October 2013 by former “refugees” Andrew and Renata Kaldor who were awarded honorary doctorates by the University of NSW Sydney in November 2018. 2/10 #GameOver #HomeToBilo

The Centre undertakes rigorous research on the most pressing displacement issues in Australia, the Asia-Pacific region and around the world, and contributes to public policy by promoting legal, sustainable and humane solutions to forced migration. 3/10 #GameOver #HomeToBilo

Professor McAdam, director of the Centre, said Australia’s offshore processing, boat turnbacks and mandatory detention "not only deny the humanity to people that applied and deflect problems elsewhere, it violates many of our obligations under international law”. 4/10 #GameOver

Since 2000 there have been dozens of deaths in Australia's immigration detentions including various suicides. Refugees have even set themselves on fire to protest how they have being treated. Several more have committed suicide after release from being detained. 5/10 #GameOver

In 2019, the Centre published a document citing seven principles which should be key to Australia's refugee policy, supported by law and evidence-based research:

1. Australia should comply with its international legal obligations. 6/10 #GameOver #HomeToBilo

2. Australia should provide humane, fair reception conditions: by ending mandatory, indefinite detention, process asylum claims in Australia and not offshore, and enable dignified living conditions for all people seeking asylum. 7/10

3. Australia should provide a fair, efficient and transparent system for processing asylum claims.

4. Australia should respect the principles of family unity and the best interest of the child. 8/10 #GameOver #HomeToBilo

5. Australia should create additional safe, lawful pathways to protection.

6. Australia should provide global and regional leadership on refugee protection.

7. Australia should invest in refugees for long term success. 9/10 #GameOver #HomeToBilo

Through outstanding research and engagement, the Centre has become recognised as an intellectual powerhouse with global impact. For more information, visit the website: kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au or email them at: [e-mail] 10/10 #GameOver #HomeToBilo @KaldorCentre