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03 JUN 21
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JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: Human rights groups demand suspension of reports on Sri Lanka to assess refugee applications following rejection by a UK court

Media Release Thursday 3 June 2021 In a landmark immigration case in the United Kingdom, three Upper Tribunal judges have been scathing in their rejection of Australian and UK country reports used as a basis to determine asylum applications for Sri Lankan Tamils. The consequences for many Sri Lankan applicants, particularly Tamil people seeking asylum

14 MAY 21
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Refugees with visas cancelled on character grounds to be held in indefinite detention under new law rushed through Parliament

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

12 MAY 21
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Budget 21 continues the Government’s detention cost blow out and exclusion of people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants in time of crisis

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

07 MAY 21
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Human rights legal community appeals to Government against a new blitz of ‘Fast Track’ interviews as processing for boat arrivals comes to a close

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.

07 MAY 21
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Government plans to rush through over 1,000 interviews denying people seeking asylum their legal rights

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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JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: Human rights groups demand suspension of reports on Sri Lanka to assess refugee applications following rejection by a UK court

Refugees with visas cancelled on character grounds to be held in indefinite detention under new law rushed through Parliament

Budget 21 continues the Government’s detention cost blow out and exclusion of people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants in time of crisis

Human rights legal community appeals to Government against a new blitz of ‘Fast Track’ interviews as processing for boat arrivals comes to a close

Government plans to rush through over 1,000 interviews denying people seeking asylum their legal rights

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