World Refugee day

In recogniton of World Refugee Day - here is a list of library resources to give an insight into refugees and others who have come from overseas to live in Australia
http://www.oxfam.org.au/refugee/uganda/about-ugandan-camps.php
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/refugee/

The Australian people : an encyclopedia of the nation, its people and their origins
A fantastic books which gives a historical perspective on where people come from to Australia and why they came.

Australia's refugee dilemma [videorecording]
What is a refugee? Why do people become refugees? What's People Smuggling all about? What happens to people who come to Australia, claiming to be refugees? The answers to these questions and more are given in this moving program. Includes: * UN definition of a refugee. * Where refugees come from and why? * People smugglers in Indonesia. * Australian government responses to 'boat people', past and present. * Changes to legislation made prior to 2002 election (TEPs, excised territories etc.)\

Immigration : [videorecording] the waves that shaped Australia
This program examines the role immigration has played in the settlement of Australia. It traces immigration from the days of the first fleet, throughout the period of the White Australia policy, to the present day.

Refugees and asylum seekers ( Issues in society)
Human rights ( Issues in Society)

Populate or perish [videorecording]
Populate or Perish explores the insularity and fears which motivated the twentieth
century catchcry of ‘populate or perish’. It examines why this movement has changed
today to one opposed to increasing population, on the grounds of environmental
unsustainability and cultural explosiveness
http://www.filmaust.com.au/programs/teachers_notes/3772populateorperish.pdf

The atlas of war and peace
gives a visual representation of war and its consequences from around the world
http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=231


The history of human rights : from ancient times to the globalization era
http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9737001.php