Marianne Dickie, Sub Dean of the Migration Law Program at ANU. Photo: Belinda Pratten
Migrants and refugees battling the byzantine world of Australian migration law are getting a helping hand from Marianne Dickie. When you are a Sudanese refugee desperate to be reunited with your children who are still stranded in a homeland ravaged by civil war, you are acutely aware that Australian migration law is more than just words in hefty legal books; it can have a deep and lasting impact on those who become entangled within it. This is something that Marianne Dickie knows only too well. Dickie, Sub-Dean of the Migration Law program in the ANU College of Law, sees first-hand just how closely the personal and the political are intertwined. It is these migration stories of hardship and horror that keep her fire burning as she fights for justice over some of the most sensitive issues in modern Australian politics. Before coming to Canberra, Dickie did pro bono migration law work at a Brisbane legal service dedicated to refugee and migration law, advocating for people in dire need of help. The experience reinforced for her just how crucial community legal assistance was for the clients that sought out its services.
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