Asylum Seekers

Archive of posts in the 'Asylum Seekers' category

Asylum Seekers / 2SER interview re medical care in immigration detention

Lucy Geddes, PIAC Senior Solicitor, discusses the onus on our Government to provide medical care to those in asylum detention.

10 Mar 2022

Asylum Seekers / Submission re Ending Indefinite and Arbitrary Immigration Detention Bill 2021 (Cth)

This Bill is a balanced and carefully crafted attempt to end a system that continues to result in gross breaches...

11 Feb 2022

Asylum Seekers / Civil Society Report on United Nations Human Rights Committee Concluding Observations 2017 – 2019: Australia

The purpose of this follow-up report is to respond to the information received by the Committee from Australia on 8...

31 Jan 2022

Asylum Seekers / ‘Inhuman’: Legal, human rights experts slam laws allowing detention in Australia

28 Jan 2022

Asylum Seekers / Human rights groups call for end to arbitrary and indefinite detention

Leading legal and human rights organisations have joined together to call for an immediate end to the mandatory detention of...

28 Jan 2022

Asylum Seekers / Healthcare denied: will Australia’s ongoing cruelty towards refugees be an election issue?

8 Dec 2021

Asylum Seekers / Medevac asylum seekers forced to wait years for medical treatment, report finds

6 Dec 2021

Asylum Seekers / New report: Two years after Medevac, asylum seekers still waiting in hotels for urgent medical treatment

Two years after the repeal of Medevac laws, asylum seekers who were transferred from Manus Island and Naru are still...

3 Dec 2021

Asylum Seekers / Healthcare denied: Medevac and the long wait for essential medical treatment in Australian Immigration Detention

3 Dec 2021

Asylum Seekers / Forum: Health Care Denied in Australian Immigration Detention

Join an expert panel discussing barriers to health care experienced by asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention. About this event...

28 Nov 2021

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