Eleanor Davey

Eleanor Davey is a lecturer at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at the University of Manchester and formerly a researcher at the Overseas Development Institute. Find her on Twitter @EleanorDavey.

The silent sea: Australia’s refugee policy and international scrutiny

Within Australia’s brutal treatment of refugees, there has been an enormous gulf between those who advocate on behalf of asylum seekers, and a “mainstream” discourse of intolerant and cynical public opinion. Why has international civil society remained so silent?

By Eleanor Davey

/ 3 Jul 2014