Geraldine Cremin is an Australian journalist specializing in conflict and crisis. She is also an editor, a qualified lawyer and Australian ambassador for Hostwriter.   https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/geraldine-cremin/rss en Laws & Policy Tue, 31 Oct 2017 11:56:43 +0000 Geraldine Cremin https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/10/31/how-australia-got-into-the-dead-end-of-refugee-offshore-detention https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/10/31/how-australia-got-into-the-dead-end-of-refugee-offshore-detention As Australia’s deadline to close its offshore camp on Manus passes, Australian refugee policy expert Claire Higgins explains the social and political factors that molded the country’s changing policies toward asylum seekers arriving by boat.