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Australia’s temporary visa system is unfair, expensive, impractical and inconsistent. Here’s how the new government could fix it

Mary Anne Kenny, Murdoch University; Ali Reza Yunespour, The University of Melbourne; Carol Grech, University of South Australia, and Nicholas Procter, University of South Australia

Our report sets out practical reforms that can be implemented relatively simply, within existing legislative provisions and with only minimal changes to policy and regulations.
Temporary protection visas punish asylum seekers for arriving in Australia without a visa. AAP/Eoin Blackwell

Traumatising and inhumane: why TPVs have to go

Kerry Murphy, Australian National University

People smuggling has cost the lives of at least 1,199 people between August 2008 and November 2013. Those fortunate enough to survive these tragedies at sea face enduring trauma: mandatory detention, loss…

Related Topics

  1. asylum seeker policy and practice
  2. Asylum seekers
  3. Boat turnbacks
  4. Nauru
  5. Offshore processing
  6. Operation Sovereign Borders
  7. Refugee law
  8. refugee policy and practice
  9. Refugees
  10. Temporary protection visas

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