The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Mr Chris Bowen, announced a government decision that families and unaccompanied children asylum seekers would be placed in the community, a decision to be implemented over the next nine months. ALHR wrote to congratulate the Minister and urge further and more far reaching reforms.
ALHR response to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration’s Report on its Inquiry into Migration Treatment of Disability, tabled 21 June 2010 report recommendations on the “health requirement” for visa applicants. ALHR made a submission to this inquiry on 19 July 2010.
The announcement of an inquiry into disability and migration by the Joint Standing Committee on Migration heralds a growing understanding that the application of the Health Requirement under the Migration Act 1958(Cth), Migration Regulations 1994(Cth) and relevant procedural guidelines is flawed. This paper will examine the Health Requirement in reference to Australia’s international human rights … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights today made a submission to the Inquiry into Immigration Detention by the Joint Standing Committee on Migration. ALHR made various recommendations as to the treatment of asylum seekers as well as amendments needed to the Migration Act. Click here to view the submission (APH site)
ALHR wrote today to the new Minister for Immigration, Chris Evans, congratulating him on announced initiatives and outlining further areas in need for reform.
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights made a submission to the Senate Legal & Constitutional Affairs Committee and is due to appear this week before the Committee.
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights says that despite proposed changes, the net effect of the Migration Bill remains fundamentally unchanged. The Government takes no legal responsibility for detention on Nauru, for the quality of asylum determination processes, or for protection and resettlement outcomes. Although some adjustments are made in relation to procedures and detention conditions, … Read More >>
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights has reviewed the changes to the Migration Bill proposed by the Prime Minister and urges Parliamentarians and Senators to reject the Bill in its entirety.
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights called on the Federal Government to not proceed with the Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 in accordance with the Senate Committee’s report delivered yesterday.
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights gave evidence to the Senate Legal & Constitutional Affairs Committee in relation to the Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006.
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights called for the withdrawal of the Federal Government’s Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 in its submission to the Senate Committee’s Inquiry.
Australian Lawyers for Human Rights has criticised the Federal Government’s Migration Amendment Bill introduced in response to Indonesia’s concerns.
