William Phillips

William is the Regional Correspondent for Australia. He is a former intern of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and completed the BCL at the University of Oxford in 2015/2016. He is a member of the Human Rights Committee of the Law Society of South Australia and works as a Teaching Associate at the University of Adelaide.

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Australia’s Deportation of Asylum Seekers Pending Determination of their Claims to Refugee Status

Australia’s Deportation of Asylum Seekers Pending Determination of their Claims to Refugee Status

The Australian Government has made no secret of its mission prevent the arrival of thousands of ‘unauthorised’ immigrants on its shores, ostensibly to thwart people smuggling (see the discussion here, here, and here). But despite its ...
Banning Refugees From Australia: Not Targeting Those Preying On The Vulnerable – Just Preying On The Vulnerable

Banning Refugees From Australia: Not Targeting Those Preying On The Vulnerable – Just Preying On The Vulnerable

As previously discussed on this blog here and here, since 2001, Australia has made concerted efforts to intercept all ‘unauthorised maritime arrivals’ (this being the choice phrasing for asylum seekers used in the Migration Act 1958 ...