The non-citizens in the NZYQ group cannot be returned to their country of origin. But sending them to Nauru just pushes the issue onto a poorer country.
- Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University
Australia has the experience, resources, and civil society needed to shape a more humane and effective refugee system. Four key areas are ripe for reform.
The legal and policy tools to fix this already exist.
One concern is the precedent this agreement with Nauru sets for how other countries may treat refugees with criminal convictions.
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The immigration minister still retains ‘god-like’ powers in visa matters, but the ruling is at least an opportunity to make the process clearer, fairer and more transparent.
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While this is a positive step, it still does not allow the Murugappan family to return to their home of Biloela in Queensland, and their situation still has some way to play out in the courts.
Three-year-old Tharunicaa Murugappan’s hospitalisation has once again raised the plight of her family, who have been detained since 2018.
The court has found the youngest child, Tharunicca, was denied procedural fairness, which means the case against their deportation will continue.
Of the original 31,000 refugees in the ‘fast-track’ visa caseload, nearly 8,200 are yet to have their applications processed. As a result, their lives remain in limbo.
A bill to allow for asylum seeker on Nauru and Manus Island to be transferred to Australia for medical and psychiatric treatment has passed both Houses. How will it change things for those detained?
Since the second world war nearly every Olympic Games has seen athletes seeking asylum in the Games host country.
There are about 400-600 people in the now-defunct regional processing centre refusing to move to recently built transit centres in Lorengau – but these numbers shift daily.
The term ‘genuine refugee’ is thrown around often, yet few know the complicated process of how someone is deemed to be one.
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