immigration detention

Archive of posts tagged 'immigration detention'

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 / '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 / 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 / Test case challenges the misuse of handcuffs against detained asylum seekers

An asylum seeker has launched a landmark test case that highlights the excessive use of force in Australian immigration detention...

24 Nov 2020

Asylum Seekers / Commission concerned for detainees during COVID

The Australian Human Rights Commission has again publicly called for the Commonwealth government to transfer into the community, those immigration...

20 Jul 2020

Asylum Seekers / Submission to Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2020

PIAC recommends that the Bill not be passed. The proposed powers to prohibit mobile phones in immigration detention and to...

10 Jun 2020

Asylum Seekers / Commonwealth Ombudsman to report on COVID-19 responses in detention facilities

2 Jun 2020

Asylum Seekers / Asylum seekers lodge claim to address detention virus fears

7 May 2020

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