Under Australia's tough immigration policies, those attempting to reach the country by boat have been sent to detention centers - including on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru - for so-called "offshore processing" since 2013. Such facilities have previously drawn scrutiny from rights group...
According to their stated aims of 'stopping the boats', and disrupting the people smuggling business model, 'Operation Sovereign Borders' and Australia's policy of processing asylum seekers offshore have been a success. It is not difficult to disrupt this narrative of success by pointing to the...
Since 2012, Australia has restored its legal framework of processing asylum seekers and refugees who arrive by sea offshore in Papua New Guinea and Nauru. There are a number of concerns with the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees at these offshore processing centres, highligh...
Over the past decade, every expert UN body tasked with reviewing offshore processing has expressed concerns about the policy. Fourteen people have died in detention, about half through suicide. In 2020, the International Criminal Court (ICC) called Australia's policies unlawful and degrading but sa...
This article analyses Australia's policy of mandatory detention and offshore processing of asylum seekers through the lens of international criminal law. Following an element-by-element analysis, it concludes that there would be a prima ... H Claire - 《Journal of International Criminal Justice》 ...
The husband and father is likewise prevented from ever obtaining even a short-term visa to visit his family. "Sadly, the family members expect to be kept apart indefinitely," said the UNHCR spokesperson. UNHCR said that Australia's broader current policy of "offshore processing and deterrence"...
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Since its introduction in 2013, a current policy of Australia has put about 3,000 refugees and asylum-seekers forcibly to offshore processing facilities in Papua New Guinea and Nauru, where 1,450 still remain. According to the policy, those who try to arrive in Australia by boats are to be...
Australia has a policy of keeping potential asylum seekers away from the mainland and now has to decide whether to send them back to Indonesia, to Sri Lanka or to an offshore processing camp in the South Pacific. Sri Lanka says the men have no reason to fear being repatriated.Which of ...
The exception for offshore applicants will accept some Applications during this suspension, such as: Visa expiring before July 1, 2025: who are not eligible for a Temporary Graduate visa Applicants who are ineligible due to their age: turning 45 or losing migration points below 65 ...