Media Release 14 May 2021 Parliament rushed through a Bill yesterday that cemented the legal basis for the indefinite arbitrary detention of refugees whose visas have been cancelled on character grounds Where refugees have their visas cancelled on character grounds, they go through the justice system like anyone else, however, unlike others who are released
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Media Release 12 May 2021 The 2021-2022 budget continues the pattern of cost blow out and increases in detention spending, despite decreasing numbers of people in offshore processing, compared to a glaring lack of spending to address the humanitarian crisis of poverty, homelessness and failing mental and physical health faced by people seeking asylum. Migrant
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Media Release 7 May 2021 An unexpected surge in interviews for people seeking asylum is leaving them with only two weeks notice to prepare for potentially the most important interview of their lives. The Australian Government plans to rush through around 1,100 interviews of people in the ‘Fast Track’ process, predominantly across NSW & Victoria.
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Media Release 6 May 2021 The Government has suddenly and without warning scheduled to be completed by June around 1,200 first interviews for people seeking asylum, giving lawyers and applicants just 2 weeks’ notice to prepare complex cases. In 2017, the Government implemented the so called “Fast Track” policy, forcing people who arrived by sea
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Media Release 4 May 2021 The Government is reportedly planning to forcibly transfer 8 people seeking asylum from the Adelaide Immigration Transit Accommodation (AITA) to Melbourne by bus tomorrow morning. Caseworkers believe the transfers will involve separation from immediate family members including children, and isolation from other support networks in the community that people in
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