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Freedom of Movement (LIVE!)

Will COVID-19 lockdowns increase the public’s support for refugees and other individuals with restrictions to freedom of movement?

In this episode, Jess and Amelia are joined by the Co-Directors of Curtin University’s Centre for Human Rights Education: Associate Professor Caroline Fleay and Dr Lisa Hartley. The researchers discusss why the right to move is so important, how COVID-19 lockdowns have restricted our ability to move and how this right is often unequally experienced.

This episode was recorded live on Curtin University Open Day on Sunday 30 May 2021.

What is the right to freedom of movement? [01:18]
COVID-19 lockdowns may increase the public’s understanding towards refugees in Australia’s detention centres [02:51]
Australia’s “problematic” India travel ban [05:30]
The future of Australia’s asylum seekers [08:12]
What inspired the researchers to work in this area? [14:02]

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Associate Professor Caroline Fleay, Co-Director of Curtin’s Centre for Human Rights Education, School of Media Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University.

Associate Professor Fleay is a Board Member of the Refugee Council of Australia. In April 2020, she joined human rights researchers calling for refugees to be released from Australia’s detention centres to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak.

Dr Lisa Hartley, Senior Lecturer, Co-Director of Curtin’s Centre for Human Rights Education, School of Media Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University.

Dr Hartley is a self-described “academic activist” who has worked extensively with a range of community groups providing advocacy for human rights issues. She is on the Editorial Board of the Human Rights Education Review journal.