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Refugee Update
Jan. 11th, 2015 11:42 amJulian Burnside analyses the Asylum Legacy Act, passed in December. He points out an obvious contradiction: that the ban on family reunion is an incentive for women and children to get on boats. He also explains the reason asylum seekers board boats in the first place: they are not safe from refoulement. "They get a one-month visa on arrival in Indonesia, so their position is very precarious when that visa expires. From that time, they are liable to be jailed, or sent back to the country that has been persecuting them, if they are found. Asylum seekers who get to Indonesia live in perpetual fear of detection. In Indonesia, asylum seekers who are assessed as refugees may wait ten or 20 years before they are offered a place in a safe country. In the meantime, they cannot get jobs and their kids cannot go to school, for fear of detection." (Emphases mine.)
Manus refugees fear being killed as they are forced into PNG community. "Detainees said they were not reassured by guards being posted at their new accommodation, because they are most often guards who have threatened them."
A fact check on the non-existent queue from the Combined Refugee Action Group.
From August 2013, another fact check: are Australia's refugee acceptance rates high compared with other nations?
Iranian asylum seeker Homayon Hatami's bridging visa was cancelled four weeks after he received the Silver Medal for Bravery for risking his life saving a drowning woman.
Public servants at the Immigration Department will be subject to random alcohol and drug tests, social media restrictions, and dress and makeup codes. Work outside the department, including voluntary work, must be reported, as must any suspected misbehaviour by colleagues. Protecting our borders, one pair of Ugg Boots at a time!
Manus refugees fear being killed as they are forced into PNG community. "Detainees said they were not reassured by guards being posted at their new accommodation, because they are most often guards who have threatened them."
A fact check on the non-existent queue from the Combined Refugee Action Group.
From August 2013, another fact check: are Australia's refugee acceptance rates high compared with other nations?
Iranian asylum seeker Homayon Hatami's bridging visa was cancelled four weeks after he received the Silver Medal for Bravery for risking his life saving a drowning woman.
Public servants at the Immigration Department will be subject to random alcohol and drug tests, social media restrictions, and dress and makeup codes. Work outside the department, including voluntary work, must be reported, as must any suspected misbehaviour by colleagues. Protecting our borders, one pair of Ugg Boots at a time!
