Immigration

Series

The Fifth Estate

Where

The Wheeler Centre

When

Tuesday, 1 Aug 2017, 06:15pm - 07:15pm

Event Status

Past event

Immigration has long been among the most contentious, and highly politicised, areas of Australian public policy. The past 20 years have seen a drastic increase in Australia’s intake of migrants, as well as an increasingly punitive approach to managing asylum seeker arrivals; an approach that has attracted censure from human rights groups.

Does the recent outcome of the class action between Manus Island detainees and the Commonwealth represent a turning point? And what impact will new changes to 457 visas and the Australian citizenship test have on the fabric of our communities?

For this Fifth Estate event, Sally Warhaft meets human rights activist, former refugee and orthopaedic surgeon, Munjed Al Muderis and GetUp!’s human rights campaign director, Shen Narayanasamy. Join them for a discussion of the Australian immigration experience and its broader implications.

Featuring

Sally Warhaft

Munjed Al Muderis

Shen Narayanasamy

Featuring

Sally Warhaft

Sally Warhaft is a Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and writer. She is the host of The Fifth Estate, the Wheeler Centre’s live series focusing on journalism, politics, media, and international relations, and The Leap Year, a Wheeler Centre podcast about Australians’ lives in the fog of ... Read more

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Munjed Al Muderis

Munjed Al Muderis is an Australian trained orthopaedic surgeon, and a Squadron Leader in the Australian Air Force Reserve. He is also an ambassador for the Australian Red Cross, a human rights activist and a refugee. Munjed came to Australia by boat. Apart from his academic and clinical roles, Munje... Read more

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Shen Narayanasamy

Shen Narayanasamy is GetUp!’s Human Rights Campaign Director. She founded the No Business in Abuse project, targeting corporate involvement in offshore detention of asylum seekers, and led #LetThemStay, which prevented the deportation of hundreds of asylum seekers to Nauru. Recently, she ... Read more