Publications

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Children in immigration detention: statements by health professional organisations

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Children in immigration detention: statements by the United Nations

Learn how the United Nations states that children do not belong in immigration detention and that under international law, states should not detain them.

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention (2014)

Australia currently holds about 800 children in mandatory closed immigration detention for indefinite periods, with no pathway to protection or settlement. This includes 186 children detained on Nauru. Children and their families have been held on the mainland and on Christmas Island for, on average...

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014: Discussion Paper

Why are we holding this inquiry? The purpose of this inquiry is to investigate the ways in which life in immigration detention affects the health, well-being and development of children. The inquiry will assess the impact on children by seeking the views of people who were previously detained as...

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Tell Me About: Temporary Protection Visas

Learn about temporary protection visas for asylum seekers and their implications.

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Casenote: FKAG v Australia and MMM v Australia

The UN Human Rights Committee has found that the indefinite detention of 46 refugees with adverse security assessments was arbitrary and amounted to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Tell Me About: The ‘Enhanced Screening Process’

Learn about the 'enhanced screening process' and how it's applied to unauthorised maritime arrivals to see if their claims will inhibit their removal.

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Background paper: Human rights issues raised by visa refusal or cancellation under section 501 of the Migration Act

This background paper sets out some basic information about the process of visa refusal and cancellation under section 501, and discusses these human rights concerns about the process and its consequences.

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Human Rights standards for immigration detention

This publication, Human rights standards for immigration detention, sets out benchmarks for the humane treatment of people held in immigration detention

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Immigration detention on Christmas Island - Observations from visit to Immigration detention facilities on Christmas Island

Immigration detention on Christmas Island Observations from visit to Immigration detention facilities on Christmas Island

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Human rights issues raised by the transfer of asylum seekers to third countries

Human rights issues raised by the transfer of asylum seekers to third countries’ sets out the Australian Human Rights Commission’s position in relation to steps taken recently by the Australian Government to transfer asylum seekers who arrive in Australia by boat to third countries for the...

Asylum Seekers and Refugees

DIAC Response to the Australian Human Rights Commission report on the use of community arrangements for asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons who have arrived to Australia by boat

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) report on the use of community arrangements for asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons who have arrived to Australia by boat.