Donald Trump’s government is planning to recruit more immigration agents and extend detention centres.
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The closure of youth detention centres is a positive development. However, without adequate investment in community organizations that serve youth, it is a move set up to fail.
The release of more than 140 ex-detainees from immigration detention has prompted a panicked government response. So, what does the legislation say, and what happens now?
This week, the High Court made an order which overturns the laws on which much of Australia’s immigration system is based. What happens to the law, and those most affected by it, now?
The overturning of almost 20 years of legal precedent allowing indefinite detention is a watershed moment. But stateless people in Australia have few rights and little say over their futures.
January 20 is the deadline for Australia to have implemented a monitoring body in places like prisons and detention centres. The current monitoring bodies in place need more power and more funding.
The use of hotels as alternative sites for detention is a worrying trend, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This Valentine’s Day, governments around the world need to reflect on how laws and public policies may undermine people’s capacity to love and be loved — and the long-term costs of lost love.
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Associate Director, Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University
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Senior Research Fellow, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Dalhousie University
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Macquarie University
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Associate professor of politics and policy, Deakin University
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Research Assistant, Department of Criminology and Social Justice, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Senior Lecturer, Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury
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Assistant Professor, Criminology, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Teaching Fellow in US politics and international security, University of Portsmouth