Last week, the High Court handed down a landmark decision for a stateless refugee held in detention for over two years. The decision sets parameters around when detention is lawful and has rendered the use of Temporary Safe Haven Visas and Temporary Humanitarian Concerns Visas as invalid when they are used as a way to prevent permanent resettlement of a refugee.
Read moreCross-bench Senators have the opportunity to deliver a common sense, fair approach to processing the refugee claims of the almost 30,000 asylum seekers living in Australia, by voting against the Government’s plan to reintroduce Temporary Protection Visas. “Offering refugees temporary protection only is unfair and destabilising, because it denies them the opportunity to settle properly
Read moreImmigration Minister Scott Morrison must be held to account for the latest tragedy on Manus Island, as 24-year-old Iranian man Hamid Kehazaei lies on life support in a Brisbane Hospital. Mr Morrison side-stepped responsibility for the death of Reza Berati on Manus Island in February this year. He cannot side-step responsibility for this second tragic
Read moreImmigration Minister Scott Morrison is relegating 30,000 asylum seekers to a life of ongoing uncertainty and mental distress by refusing to process their refugee claims until the Senate allows Temporary Protection Visas. The re-introduction of TPVs would be a punitive and harmful measure destined to create an underclass of refugees prevented from properly rebuilding their
Read moreMinister Scott Morrison’s decision to release 150 children and their families from mainland detention centres as they wait for their refugee claims to be heard is a small, but positive step towards the humane treatment of asylum seekers. However, with this decision only extending to children under ten years of age, 745 children will remain
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