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• • 10 AUG 20
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  Federal Court orders Minister to stop detaining elderly man at Melbourne detention centre due to COVID-19 risk to his life

  10 August 2020 Earlier today, the Federal Court of Australia ordered the Minister for Home Affairs to cease detaining a 68-year-old man with multiple health conditions at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA), to guard against the serious risk of COVID-19 infection. This is the first significant Court decision addressing the Commonwealth’s duty of care

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• • 04 AUG 20
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  Christmas Island is a dangerous and inhumane response to rising COVID-19 risk in immigration detention

  Reports that the Federal Government will reopen the Christmas Island Detention Centre highlight the failure of the Minister for Home Affairs to appropriately respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 in immigration detention. Today it was revealed that preparations are underway to staff the centre on the remote island, which is located 2,700km from Perth.

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  • Laura Arroyo
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• • 04 AUG 20
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  COVID19 outbreak imminent due to Australian Border Force neglect of public health measures in Melbourne detention centres

  A COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne detention facilities is imminent, with hundreds of lives of already sick people at risk from daily exposure to transmission. Up to 70 rotating staff work daily across different detention facility locations, in similar staffing and close contact conditions that caused lethal outbreaks in Aged Care centres. People detained at facilities

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  • Laura Arroyo
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• • 28 JUL 20
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  Update: COVID-19 and the ASRC

  COVID-19 and the ASRC Last night (Monday, 27th July), the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) was advised by a staff member that they had tested positive for COVID-19. The ASRC has developed strict COVID-19 protocols and carefully planned for our organisations’ response to a potential positive COVID-19 case according to the advice of Victoria’s Chief

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  • Laura Arroyo
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• • 24 JUL 20
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  Morrison Government must accept New Zealand offer to provide safety for refugees due to COVID-19 crisis

  New Zealand granting Behrouz Boochani asylum is a strong reminder to the Morrison Government that there is a viable solution to 7 years of failed asylum policy. Across Australia, the Government is detaining thousands of refugees in private hotels as well as detention centres. The Morrison Government also continues to detain more than 370 people

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