Asylum seeker indefinite detention must be considered, says court
Immigration minister’s failure to consider consequences of indefinite detention is grounds for review of asylum case
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/08/asylum-seeker-indefinite-detention-must-be-considered-says-court?CMP=tw
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High Court to hear challenge to Manus Island detention centre
The High Court will hear a case today challenging the establishment of the Manus Island detention centre.
▻http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-09/high-court-to-hear-manus-island-asylum-seeker-appeal/5440374
Scott Morrison says decisions on Manus refugee applications ‘recommendations’
Immigration minister concedes refugee visas cannot be granted until Papua New Guinea finalises resettlement arrangements
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/09/scott-morrison-says-decisions-on-manus-refugee-applications-recommendat
Asylum seekers denied rights, lawyers say
Treating asylum seekers’ rights as dispensable and inferior has become a common pattern within the Australian legal system, human rights lawyers say.
Following revelations that Australian Federal Police officers have systematically failed to offer asylum seekers under criminal investigation the opportunity to take part in identification parades, legal practitioners in the field said this was part of a broader denial of legal rights to this group.
’’This is part of a broader and deeply concerning trend of treating the basic rights of asylum seekers as dispensable,’’ the director of legal advocacy at the Human Rights Law Centre, Daniel Webb, said. ’’For good reason, criminal law contains strict procedures and safeguards. You can’t just ignore them because an accused person happens to be an asylum seeker. All people must be equal before the law.’’
On Wednesday, Fairfax Media revealed that an asylum seeker charged with people smuggling was denied the opportunity to take part in an identification parade because the AFP officer believed it was impractical to do so.
The officer said that there was a general policy within the AFP of not conducting such parades for asylum seekers because of the difficulties of getting accurate information about their whereabouts from the Department of Immigration.
▻http://www.watoday.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/asylum-seekers-denied-rights-lawyers-say-20140604-39jhe.html
