The changing context in recent years On 1 July 2015, the Department of Immigration was merged with Australian Customs and Border Protection, and the Australian Border Force (ABF) was established.…
Introduction In recent years, people who visit immigration detention have expressed concerns about changes to rules and practices that have limited access for people visiting in detention. The Refugee Council…
The consultation on OPCAT in Australia On 9 February 2017, the Australian Government announced it intended to ratify the Optional Protocol on the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman…
Recent years have seen numerous changes to Australia’s refugee and asylum seeker policies, largely as a political response to an increase in the number of asylum seekers arriving in…
The Australian Senate has conducted an inquiry into 'serious allegations of abuse, self-harm and neglect' of people seeking asylum at Nauru and Manus regional processing centres (RPCs). The Senate inquiry…
FINDINGS: Australia can settle more refugees, though its punitive asylum approach is harming thousands of people, damaging Australia’s international reputation and wasting billions that could be better spent looking…