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Refugee update
Jun. 24th, 2014 01:15 pmWith the government axing their funding, the Refugee Council of Australia and the Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre will be grateful for donations.
A case worker at Manus Island was summarily dismissed after she wrote on Facebook: "I truly believe these people would not stay in this hellhole one single day longer unless they could truly not go home." She was fired for breaching confidentality.
Last week, a challenge was brought in the High Court to the legality of the Manus Island detention centre, but unfortunately this was unsuccessful.
However, the High Court also ruled that the government could not place a "cap" on protection visas for asylum seekers arriving by boat, leaving around 1400 applicants in limbo. (The government will try yet again to reintroduce TPVs next month.)
Leo Seemanpillai's funeral was attended by hundreds of people. Suffering depression and anxiety and facing return to Sri Lankan torture, he took his own life. His family were denied visas to attend because the government believed they did not genuinely mean to stay temporarily, presumably meaning they, too, would have applied for refugee status, and having arrived with their paperwork in order could not have been placed in detention or otherwise punished.
An independent investigation has found that the online publication of the personal details of over ten thousand asylum seekers was the fault of the Immigration Department's carelessness.
The Immigration Department has bad track record when it comes to dangerous mistakes: in the past year large percentages of its asylum decisions were overturned on appeal by the Refugee Review Tribunal (72% of Afghani applicants, for example, were found to be genuine refugees after all). The government wants the right to fight those cases in the Tribunal, which doesn't seem unreasonable, but makes you wonder why they don't just get it right the first time.
The Green's attempt to introduce a moratorium on deporting unsuccessful Iraqi refugee applicants did not succeed.
An even simpler getting rid of those pesky persecution victims: asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus have been offered up to ten thousand dollar bribe to go home. (Immigration Minister Scott Morrison claims this has been standard practice for a decade.) ETA: Less than 10 Iraqis have accepted such a package this month and no Syrians have accepted one since 2008.
Between our offshore and onshore programs, Australia hosts only 0.3% of the world's refugees. Labor has called an increase in our refugee intake. Morrison says no.
A case worker at Manus Island was summarily dismissed after she wrote on Facebook: "I truly believe these people would not stay in this hellhole one single day longer unless they could truly not go home." She was fired for breaching confidentality.
Last week, a challenge was brought in the High Court to the legality of the Manus Island detention centre, but unfortunately this was unsuccessful.
However, the High Court also ruled that the government could not place a "cap" on protection visas for asylum seekers arriving by boat, leaving around 1400 applicants in limbo. (The government will try yet again to reintroduce TPVs next month.)
Leo Seemanpillai's funeral was attended by hundreds of people. Suffering depression and anxiety and facing return to Sri Lankan torture, he took his own life. His family were denied visas to attend because the government believed they did not genuinely mean to stay temporarily, presumably meaning they, too, would have applied for refugee status, and having arrived with their paperwork in order could not have been placed in detention or otherwise punished.
An independent investigation has found that the online publication of the personal details of over ten thousand asylum seekers was the fault of the Immigration Department's carelessness.
The Immigration Department has bad track record when it comes to dangerous mistakes: in the past year large percentages of its asylum decisions were overturned on appeal by the Refugee Review Tribunal (72% of Afghani applicants, for example, were found to be genuine refugees after all). The government wants the right to fight those cases in the Tribunal, which doesn't seem unreasonable, but makes you wonder why they don't just get it right the first time.
The Green's attempt to introduce a moratorium on deporting unsuccessful Iraqi refugee applicants did not succeed.
An even simpler getting rid of those pesky persecution victims: asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus have been offered up to ten thousand dollar bribe to go home. (Immigration Minister Scott Morrison claims this has been standard practice for a decade.) ETA: Less than 10 Iraqis have accepted such a package this month and no Syrians have accepted one since 2008.
Between our offshore and onshore programs, Australia hosts only 0.3% of the world's refugees. Labor has called an increase in our refugee intake. Morrison says no.
