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Confronting the Dilemmas of Humanitarian Borderwork: NGO Engagements with Australian Offshore Detention
Beyond hardening borders, rejecting asylum claims, and deporting undocumented persons, some governments have tried to “offshore” the problem of uncontrolled movements across their frontiers.
By Eleanor Davey
Published on Feb 3, 2026
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