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Refugee Update
Feb. 4th, 2016 10:08 amAsylum seeker mother voices fears about being returned Nauru immigration detention centre (ABC, 4 February 2016): "It's like dying."
'What if it was your wife or daughter'? Doctor pleads with politicians to save mothers and babies from Nauru fate (SMH, 4 February 2016)
Churches become potential flashpoint after offering sanctuary to asylum seekers in wake of High Court verdict (ABC, 4 February 2016): "The sanctuary principle has its roots in the Old Testament and was once enshrined in English common law but its legality has never been tested in Australia."
Churches offer sanctuary to asylum seekers facing deportation to Nauru (GA, 4 February 2016) includes a list of churches offering sanctuary.
High Court decision puts the onus squarely on Malcolm Turnbull (SMH, 4 February 2016): "The most prudent course would be to say little and do nothing that will compound the distress of those who, after all, were only brought back to Australia because of serious mental and physical health concerns... If it really believes it can't say that vulnerable families and children will be allowed to stay in Australia, it can assess each case individually and not act in a way that will cause even more harm than has been done already."
Asylum seekers on Nauru are in a legal black hole (SMH, 4 February 2016): "In the absence of any special protections for asylum seekers in the Constitution or elsewhere, the Commonwealth can participate in offshore processing regimes so long as this is authorised by law... Once removed, their fate is put beyond Australian law and the oversight of our courts... This is true even if that state, as is the case with Nauru, is beholden to Australia, and has a dubious record of upholding the rule of law within its own borders. In such a case, asylum seekers can find themselves removed from Australia to what is in effect a legal black hole." (I can't help thinking of the CIA's "black sites".)
Alanna Maycock - Paediatric Refugee Nurse - Detention Harms Children (YouTube, 2 February 2016)
Claims of sexual abuse against children at Wickham Point detention centre under investigation, doctors say (ABC, 4 February 2016)
'What if it was your wife or daughter'? Doctor pleads with politicians to save mothers and babies from Nauru fate (SMH, 4 February 2016)
Churches become potential flashpoint after offering sanctuary to asylum seekers in wake of High Court verdict (ABC, 4 February 2016): "The sanctuary principle has its roots in the Old Testament and was once enshrined in English common law but its legality has never been tested in Australia."
Churches offer sanctuary to asylum seekers facing deportation to Nauru (GA, 4 February 2016) includes a list of churches offering sanctuary.
High Court decision puts the onus squarely on Malcolm Turnbull (SMH, 4 February 2016): "The most prudent course would be to say little and do nothing that will compound the distress of those who, after all, were only brought back to Australia because of serious mental and physical health concerns... If it really believes it can't say that vulnerable families and children will be allowed to stay in Australia, it can assess each case individually and not act in a way that will cause even more harm than has been done already."
Asylum seekers on Nauru are in a legal black hole (SMH, 4 February 2016): "In the absence of any special protections for asylum seekers in the Constitution or elsewhere, the Commonwealth can participate in offshore processing regimes so long as this is authorised by law... Once removed, their fate is put beyond Australian law and the oversight of our courts... This is true even if that state, as is the case with Nauru, is beholden to Australia, and has a dubious record of upholding the rule of law within its own borders. In such a case, asylum seekers can find themselves removed from Australia to what is in effect a legal black hole." (I can't help thinking of the CIA's "black sites".)
Alanna Maycock - Paediatric Refugee Nurse - Detention Harms Children (YouTube, 2 February 2016)
Claims of sexual abuse against children at Wickham Point detention centre under investigation, doctors say (ABC, 4 February 2016)
