MEDIA RELEASE 6 December 2023 The Human Rights Law Centre and Asylum Seeker Resource Centre have condemned the Albanese Government’s proposed introduction of a preventive detention regime that would create a parallel legal system allowing migrants and refugees to be imprisoned on the basis of what they might do in the future. The proposed laws
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MEDIA RELEASE 1 December 2023 The ASRC has filed a case with the High Court challenging the legality of the Australian Government’s rushed, extreme new laws for refugees who were unlawfully detained and then released as a result of the recent High Court decision. The ASRC’s client will argue the new law interferes with his
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Media Release 27 November 2023 Behrouz Boochani, who was told he would never step foot in Australia, today launches a campaign for a Royal Commission into Immigration Detention from Parliament House, Canberra. Boochani, who was formerly held on Manus Island, joins a coalition of refugees and people seeking asylum, faith groups, and advocacy organisations calling
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Media Release Tuesday 21 November 2023 The Australian government must act immediately to evacuate dozens of refugees in PNG who will be evicted from housing and denied access to food and all medical assistance from this Thursday. Tensions between Australia and PNG over lack of payment for service provisions have caused a worsening humanitarian crisis
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Media Release Thursday 16 November 2023 The Albanese Government must not proceed with knee-jerk, rushed legislation which continues to curtail people’s right to freedom after the High Court decision in NZYQ, the Human Rights Law Centre and Asylum Seeker Resource Centre said today. Last week, the High Court ruled that it is unlawful and
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