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From state security to human security: frameworks for refugee protection
By Nathan Van Wees, Castan Centre In-House Intern With the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers in Australia being increasingly undermined, the need to find a more stable and humane response has never been more urgent. On Wednesday night at the Monash Law Chambers, the Castan Centre hosted Ms. Alex Pagliaro, the Refugee Campaigns…
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There goes the neighbourhood: Australia and New Zealand destroying hope of a regional approach to asylum seekers
Guest Blogger: Alex Pagliaro, Amnesty International In recent days New Zealand has jumped on the Australian refugee policy bandwagon, announcing that it would resettle 150 of Australia’s refugees each year, and that any asylum seekers arriving in its own waters may be sent straight to Nauru or Manus Island in the future. Instead of heralding…
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Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers’ Report (2): Changes to Migration Act sideline human rights
By Tania Penovic The Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 was rushed through Parliament this week following the release of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers’ report on Monday. The panel’s report recommended that the ‘Australian Parliament should agree, as a matter of urgency, to legislation that would allow for the…
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Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers’ Report (1): The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
By Adam Fletcher On Monday the Prime Minister’s Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers delivered its hotly‑anticipated report on ‘how best to prevent asylum seekers risking their lives by travelling to Australia by boat.’ Therefore, at the outset the mandate of the panel was to come up with a plan of deterrence. The issue of sinking…
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Serco and Asylum-seekers’ Rights in Detention
By Adam Fletcher The government’s obligations to immigration detainees are very similar to those of prisoners. AAP/Dean Lewins A training manual instructing immigration detention centre guards to use force to incapacitate detainees was leaked this week. It included techniques to kick, punch and target pressure points on detainees. The Minister for Immigration, Chris Bowen said…
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Can the Australian Government Return Unsuccessful Asylum-seekers to Afghanistan?
By Adam Fletcher Yesterday it was reported on the ABC that unsuccessful asylum-seeker Ismail Mirza Jan is to be the first to be returned to Afghanistan involuntarily. This last word is important, because previous returnees have all accepted what’s known as an Assisted Voluntary Return package. These sorts of packages were also offered by the…
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