Robin de Crespigny, author of the People Smuggler, writes an essay come creative non-fiction piece…
Mark IsaacsMarch 18, 2016
Mark travels in Iran with an aim to understand why people are fleeing from a…
Mark IsaacsMarch 16, 2016
Greg Lake writes about his work for the Department of Immigration, managing Immigration Detention Centres…
Mark IsaacsMarch 11, 2016
In the final chapter of the Wolftress China Diaries, the textile hunt comes to an…
Mark IsaacsMarch 10, 2016
Isfahan is a breath-taking city of mosques and palaces, of gardens and fountains, mosaics, and…
Mark IsaacsMarch 8, 2016
Ali Reid is a refugee rights activist who volunteered to assist asylum seekers in a…
Mark IsaacsMarch 3, 2016
Professor David Isaacs, a consultant paediatrician in Westmead Children's Hospital and a clinical professor at…
Mark IsaacsMarch 1, 2016
Learn about the ancient desert town of Kashan, Taroff and Iranian politeness, and the beautiful…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 29, 2016
Kartika and Jessie's search for textiles takes us to Yunnan province where we experience the…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 26, 2016
It is incredible how peaceful some parts of a country can be when such turmoil…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 24, 2016
In our search for textiles in Southern China, Kartika, Jessie and I learn about the…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 21, 2016
A guest post from a group of people currently waiting for resettlement in Indonesia who…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 20, 2016
In the depths of the mountain forests of Western Guizhou, live the Longhorn Miao, famous…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 18, 2016
On Sunday 14 February, I will be discussing the treatment of people seeking asylum in…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 13, 2016
Bondi Beach community joined the 'Let Them Stay' campaign to protest the Government's plan to…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 11, 2016
Thousands of Australians across the country protested against the Government's proposed plan to return 267…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 10, 2016
It's a strange world when the Australian Department of Immigration simultaneously suppresses the truth and…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 10, 2016
After visiting refugee camps on the western Thai border, it is time for me to…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 1, 2016
Learn about Iranian fashion, money exchange, calendars, and tips for travelling in Tehran.
Mark IsaacsJanuary 27, 2016
In the current political climate of secrecy that envelops Australia's treatment of people seeking asylum…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 22, 2016
Travelling to Iran is possible and it is safe. Here are some tips to help…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 13, 2016
Ashkan is an Iranian man living in Jakarta, Indonesia. He describes what life is like…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 4, 2016
We have been told by governments past and present that stopping the boats is a…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 4, 2016
I travelled to the Islamic Republic of Iran with its strict laws and customs very…
Mark IsaacsDecember 15, 2015
Ali arrives in Indonesia and begins his search for a people smuggler to take him…
Mark IsaacsDecember 14, 2015
How do displaced people seeking protection and resettlement in Indonesia survive the tough, restrictive conditions?…
Mark IsaacsDecember 9, 2015
Ali tells his story of how he left Afghanistan and Pakistan en route to Indonesia.
Mark IsaacsDecember 3, 2015
There exists a 'No Man's Land' between Burma and Thailand where criminals, runaways and stateless…
Mark IsaacsDecember 1, 2015
Advocating for the better treatment of people seeking asylum in Australia can often be a…
Mark IsaacsNovember 29, 2015
According to the travel blogs, Anshun and Shitouzhai in west Guizhou are famous for Batik…
Mark IsaacsNovember 26, 2015
I visit Ashkan, an Iranian man living in Jakarta, Indonesia, who is trying to seek…
Mark IsaacsNovember 22, 2015
Ali is a Hazara man stranded in Indonesia hoping for resettlement to Australia. This is…
Mark IsaacsNovember 20, 2015
I spent two months working with the Ta'ang people in the Shan state of Burma.…
Mark IsaacsNovember 20, 2015
Jessie and Kartika begin their search for Batik textiles in Guizhou province. First stop, the…
Mark IsaacsNovember 18, 2015
While the idea of looking for textiles in China seems overwhelming at first, it is…
Mark IsaacsNovember 17, 2015
I meet a Rohingya man in Australia after having visited his home in the Rhakine…
Mark IsaacsNovember 13, 2015
I travelled to Mae La camp, the largest refugee camp on the Thai-Burma border.
Mark IsaacsNovember 3, 2015
You who live in the land of plenty, safe from war, torture, and civil unrest,…
Mark IsaacsNovember 3, 2015
I travel to Mae Sot to learn more about the Karen people and refugees and…
Mark IsaacsNovember 2, 2015
I travelled to Indonesia to meet people who are waiting for resettlement to Australia. I…
Mark IsaacsOctober 26, 2015
Ongoing conflict between the Rohingya Muslim population of west Burma and the Rakhine Buddhists has…
Mark IsaacsOctober 24, 2015
This is an excerpt of an article published by VICE Australia regarding the Australian government's…
Mark IsaacsOctober 22, 2015
Join me, Jessie, and Kartika in the first instalment of the Wolftress China Diaries: our…
Mark IsaacsOctober 17, 2015
In March 2015, I travelled to China with Jessie Helyar and Kartika Putra. We discovered…
Mark IsaacsOctober 14, 2015
On Friday 19th July 2013, it was reported that over 150 asylum seekers had rioted…
Mark IsaacsOctober 13, 2015
The speech I gave at the Refugee Action Collective rally against offshore detention, held in…
Mark IsaacsOctober 13, 2015
A short analysis of Australia's humanitarian approach to 'saving lives at sea'.
Mark IsaacsOctober 13, 2015