Asylum Seekers

Archive of posts in the 'Asylum Seekers' category

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

Asylum Seekers / Parliament must reject a spate of Bills that will introduce sweeping powers and deny basic rights

Legal experts have released a unified statement (attached below) calling for three migration Bills currently before Parliament to be rejected...

3 Aug 2021

Asylum Seekers / Government must reduce numbers in immigration detention to protect from COVID

A new report released today has revealed the Commonwealth Government’s failure to follow public health advice in Australia’s onshore immigration...

16 Jun 2021

Accountable Government / Data Availability and Transparency Bill 2020: Submission to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee

PIAC made a submission to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee in relation to the Data Availability and Transparency...

5 Mar 2021

Asylum Seekers / Detained asylum seeker given bucket to shower, after dispute with authorities over medical treatment

Gudrun Dewey is leading the Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s Asylum Seeker Health Rights Project, and said the government owed a...

25 Feb 2021

Asylum Seekers / 'Humiliating': lawyers decry Australia's handcuffing of asylum seekers for court visits

‘The continued handcuffing of asylum seekers to attend minor civil court matters is “humiliating” and creates a barrier to accessing...

12 Dec 2020

Asylum Seekers / ABC RN Breakfast: Refugee brings landmark test case against handcuffing by Australian Border Force

‘The handcuffing of refugees and asylum seekers for medical appointments should be illegal, according to the Public Interest Advocacy Centre.’...

7 Dec 2020

Asylum Seekers / Handcuffed asylum seekers 'paraded like criminals' in Australian hospitals, doctors say

Doctors say handcuffed asylum seeker patients are being “paraded like criminals” through hospital wards and humiliated as they sit shackled...

25 Nov 2020

Asylum Seekers / Test case challenges use of handcuffs in transferring asylum seekers to medical care (Yasir's story)

Introduction by Croakey: A landmark test case is highlighting the excessive use of force in Australian immigration detention centres, according to...

25 Nov 2020

Asylum Seekers / Landmark legal case challenges the 'inhumane' use of handcuffs on asylum seekers

‘The use of handcuffs to restrain asylum seekers who are seeking access to medical appointments will be challenged before the...

25 Nov 2020

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