Refugees

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28-day lockup limit in wake of Rau furore. "Senator Vanstone said there would be a 28-day limit for all but exceptional cases on how long detainees could be held in prison, a watch-house or similar state corrections facility. All immigration detainees would be fingerprinted, without their consent if necessary. Detention centre staff would be given clearer and stricter procedures to follow in trying to establish a person's identity."

Rights advocates slam Vanstone plan. Australian Council for Civil Liberties: "What's got to be done is immigration detention centres must be subject to regular court review. There's nothing like having to justify to a court to make people accountable." (The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Australia is a signatory, guarantee everyone the right to judicial review of their detention. Australian law denies immigration detainees this right.)

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