Sarah* arrived at Tullamarine with her 10-month-old baby late on a Sunday night. She had a valid passport and a valid visa. She came from one of the North African countries where people are protesting for Western-style democracy against a dictatorship. A house raid and threats to her safety forced the decision to leave her
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Yesterday, the Minister for Immigration, Chris Bowen, announced that the Government had met its promise made in October last year to release the majority of children from immigration detention by June 30th this year. While congratulating themselves on their ‘great achievement’, the Government failed to acknowledge what will happen to the 329 children still left
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‘It is an extravagant waste and it needs to stop’ [1] (Stephen Smith, 2004 (ALP Shadow Immigration Minister on Manus Island). Today’s announcement of the restarting of Howard’s failed ‘Pacific Solution’ is a dark day for human rights in Australia. The Labor government which condemned the Pacific Solution is now intending to use former Prime
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This year’s “tough budget” theme is about to be replayed over and over to get us in the mood to accept cutbacks. It is as good a time as any to ask about certain expenditures made in our name which are without merit or reason. Two thousand asylum seekers are being locked up on Christmas Island
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