Asylum seekers, refugees and human rights
SNAPSHOT REPORT (2ND EDITION)
Australian Human Rights Commission • 2017
The second edition of this Report provides an update on legal and policy developments related to refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia since 2013. The Report is not intended to address all the issues facing refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia. Instead, it focuses on developments which place Australia at risk of breaching its international human rights obligations
President’s introduction
Executive Summary
Background
- Global and domestic context
- Australia’s international human rights obligations
Immigration detention and community alternatives
- Detention facilities in Australia
- Arbitrary detention
- Detention of children
- Conditions of detention
- Detention resulting from security and character assessments
- Impacts of detention on mental health
- Alternatives to detention
Protection against refoulement
- Screening of asylum claims
- Refugee status determination
Third country processing
- Non-refoulement
- Arbitrary detention
- Living conditions and safety concerns
- Impacts of third country processing on physical and mental health
- Resettlement arrangements
- Independent monitoring
Discrimination based on mode of arrival
- Temporary protection
- Support services and entitlements
- Family reunion
Appendices
- Appendix 1: Summary of progress since last Snapshot Report
- Appendix 2: Timeline of key developments since the introduction of mandatory immigration detention in Australia
- Appendix 3: Acronyms used in this report
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