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Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 6/2022

Open Access 05-08-2022 | Notes from the Field

Between Resistance and Complicity, the Australian Healthcare Community and 30 Years of Immigration Detention

Authors: Ryan Essex, Erika Kalocsányiová

Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Issue 6/2022

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Abstract

This year marks 30 years since Australia introduced its policy of mandatory, indefinite immigration detention. We provide an overview of these policies with a focus on the involvement of healthcare workers, both within centres and externally, protesting these policies. We discuss several lessons that can be learnt from Australia?s approach, namely that traditional approaches to health and healthcare have done little to address the suffering of those who are detained. We call for the healthcare community to consider their role in activism and in calling for the abolition of detention. These lessons sadly have increasing global relevance with several countries now seeking to emulate Australia?s cruelty.
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Metadata
Title
Between Resistance and Complicity, the Australian Healthcare Community and 30 Years of Immigration Detention
Authors
Ryan Essex
Erika Kalocsányiová
Publication date
05-08-2022
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Issue 6/2022
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-022-01389-7

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