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Asylum Seekers and Refugees
10 January 2014WebpageAsylum seekers and refugees guide
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Asylum Seekers and Refugees
9 January 2014Publication
Those who've come across the seas: Detention of unauthorised arrivals
HREOC’s report, tabled in federal Parliament on 12 May 1998, deals with the policy of mandatory detention of most unauthorised arrivals and the conditions of detention for those detained. The report had its origins in the many complaints received by HREOC from, or on behalf of, people in immigration detention centres. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
8 January 2014Publication
An age of uncertainty - Inquiry into the treatment of individuals suspected of people smuggling offences who say that they are children
This report makes disturbing reading. It documents numerous breaches by Australia of both the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. As a nation that is understandably anxious that the rights of our own children should be respected when they come into contact with the authorities of other countries, it is troubling that between late… -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
8 January 2014Publication
A last resort? National Inquiry into ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ in Immigration Detention
This is an important report. It deals with our treatment of children in the most recent wave of boat people seeking refuge and a better life on our shores. It does so in the knowledge that there is a tension created by the community expectation that the Government will defend Australia's security while simultaneously upholding individual rights - the notion of the 'fairgo' for all. The report… -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
20 December 2013Publication
Tell Me ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ: Temporary Protection Visas
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Asylum Seekers and Refugees
28 November 2013Project
National Inquiry into ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ in Immigration Detention - Index
Inquiry publications: Report - The Forgotten ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ: National Inquiry into ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ in Immigration Detention 2014 (2015) ( h ard copies are available from the Commission's offices at Level 3, 175 Pitt Street, Sydney) Summary factsheet - The Forgotten ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ: National Inquiry into ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ in Immigration Detention 2014 (July 2015) Tell Me ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ: ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ in immigration detention in Nauru … -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
8 November 2013Project
Refugees with adverse security assessments
The Commission has serious concerns about the situation for people who have been found to be refugees, but who have received adverse security assessments from the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). For information about refugees with adverse security assessments, see the Commission’s fact sheet: Tell Me ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ: Refugees with Adverse Security Assessments. In August 2013… -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
8 November 2013Project
Transfer of asylum seekers to third countries
Updated 6 January 2016 In August 2012 the Australian Government introduced a third country processing regime for asylum seekers who come to Australia by boat, without a valid visa. There are many aspects of this regime which may lead to breaches of Australia’s human rights obligations. The third country processing regime Following the release of the report by the Expert Panel on Asylum… -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
8 November 2013Webpage
Index of Commission's work
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Asylum Seekers and Refugees
22 October 2013Publication
Asylum seekers, refugees and human rights - Snapshot Report
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview – or ‘snapshot’ – of the key human rights issues that arise from Australia’s approach to asylum seekers and refugees who arrive by boat.