ALHR

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) joins the many expert voices condemning the Albanese Government’s Migration Amendment Bill 2024 (Cth) and Migration Amendment (Bridging Visa Conditions) Regulations 2024 (Cth).  The new measures seek to drastically expand the Federal Government’s powers, allowing it to warehouse people in third countries, reverse protection findings made for refugees, and … Read More >>

Welcoming Disability, a group supported by more than 100 organisations and experts, has commended the Albanese Government for a significant reform to Australia’s Migration System – Children born and ordinarily resident in Australia will now be exempt from discriminatory health-related criteria that would have made them ineligible for a visa The Migration Regulations have been … Read More >>

Welcoming Disability, a group supported by more than 100 organisations and experts, holds significant concern that  the  findings in the recently released Report on the Department of Home Affairs Review of Australia’s migration health requirement fall well short of what is needed. Darryl Steff, CEO of Down Syndrome Australia says: “It is disappointing that there continues … Read More >>

Welcoming Disability, a joint civil society campaign led by Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) and Down Syndrome Australia, has welcomed the Disability Royal Commission’s recommendation to review discriminatory migration health requirements, which have been described as archaic and degrading by leading disability advocates. Under Australia’s current legal framework otherwise fully eligible visa applicants and … Read More >>

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) is deeply concerned about the Albanese Government’s attempts to advance the Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentences) Bill 2023 in the Senate.  Caitlin Caldwell, ALHR Chair of Refugee Rights said, “The Bill would make aggregate criminal sentences (a single sentence imposed for two or more changes within a case) a legal … Read More >>

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) welcomes the Federal Government’s decision to release a number of refugees from immigration detention who were previously transferred from offshore processing to Australia for vital medical treatment.  Caitlin Caldwell, Co-Chair of ALHR’s Refugee Rights Subcommittee said, “ALHR calls on the Federal Government to urgently release all medically-evacuated refugees who … Read More >>

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) is disappointed by the Prime Minister’s announcement yesterday that Australia will not adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. The Global Compact seeks to foster international cooperation in relation to the benefits and challenges of migration. It reiterates existing international human rights obligations, while preserving a … Read More >>