Edwin H. Mookini Library

Asylum Seekers

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LibCat

Use LibCat, the library's catalog, to search for resources by Keyword, Title, or Author.

The ‘Browse By Subject’ search option (in the menu at the top of the LibCat page) can also be used to find materials about a specific subject and/or geographic location.

Below, find a few examples of subject headings that may relate to your research topic. You can copy and paste into the "Browse by Subject" option available in the menu bar at the top of LibCat. (Replace Place with a broad place description, e.g., Hawaiʻi, Oceania, Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, etc.)

  • Alien detention centers Nauru
  • Nauru Politics and government
  • Afghans Nauru
  • Asylum, Right of Pacific Area
  • Asylum, Right of Australia
  • Refugees Government policy
  • Refugees Government policy Australia
  • Refugees Legal status, laws, etc. Australia
  • Refugees Papua New Guinea
  • Political refugees Research Moral and ethical aspects
  • Human rights Pacific Area Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • Human rights Place

Samples of Books in Print

Offshore: Behind the Wire on Manus and Nauru book cover

Offshore: Behind the Wire on Manus and Nauru
by Madeline Gleeson
Call Number: HV640.4.A8 G54
Publication Date: 2016

Freeing Ali: The Human Face of the Pacific Solution book cover

Freeing Ali: The Human Face of the Pacific Solution
by Michael Gordon
Call Number: HV640.4.A78 G67
ISBN: 0868409782
Publication Date: 2005

Future Seekers II book cover

Future Seekers II
by Mary Crock; Ben Saul; Azadeh Dastyari
Call Number: KU2155.R43 C76
Publication Date: 2006

Browse our eBook Collections

Mookini Library provides access to many ebooks from any device with Internet. Many of the ebooks can be found in LibCat or by using the ebook links below.

Access for students, faculty and staff:

UH Hilo

Hawaiʻi CC

Samples of Ebooks

The Quiet War on Asylum book cover

The Quiet War on Asylum
by Tracey Barnett
Publication Date: 2013

Values and Vulnerabilities : The Ethics of Research with Refugees and Asylum Seekers book cover

Values and Vulnerabilities : The Ethics of Research with Refugees and Asylum Seekers
by Karen Block, Elisha Riggs & Nick Haslam
Publication Date: 2013

"Asylum Now: Canada, Australia, and the USA" in Give Refuge to the Stranger book cover

"Asylum Now: Canada, Australia, and the USA" in Give Refuge to the Stranger
by Linda Rabben
Publication Date: 2011

Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the Rule of Law: Comparative Perspectives book cover

Refugees, Asylum Seekers and the Rule of Law: Comparative Perspectives
by Susan Kneebone (Editor)
Publication Date: 2009

Blind Conscience book cover

Blind Conscience
by Margot O'Neill
Publication Date: 2008

Samples of Audiovisual Materials

Pacific Despair
Production Date: 2003

Refugee Resettlement in Australia Boat Crossing to Malaysia
Production Date: 2011

One People One Soul
Production Date: 2009

Online Resources