The bill, which aims to force people to cooperate in their own deportation, was subject to an inquiry. The government wants to proceed with the bill unchanged, despite widespread community concerns.
In the dissenting report to the deportation bill, the Coalition says it supports the policy intent of the legislation but has significant concerns about potential unintended consequences.
A ‘hotspot’ detention center on the Greek island of Lesbos.
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The proposed EU asylum and migration reforms focus on securing borders and making it easier to deport people, with little protection for migrants and asylum seekers.
Some 189,000 Afghans have applied for visas to Australia, but the government has only approved 31,500 refugee spots for the next four years. Women face the biggest hurdles to resettlement.
The overturning of almost 20 years of legal precedent allowing indefinite detention is a watershed moment. But stateless people in Australia have few rights and little say over their futures.
Currently, when a visa applicant or their child has a health condition or disability likely to incur ‘a significant cost to the Australian community’ they can be deported.
Forced return of irregular African migrants from Europe is affecting political relationships in the two regions.
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Recent reports that 700 international students and graduates could be deported from Canada reveal how the immigration system leaves them open to exploitation.
Eight migrants from Somalia cross into Canada from the United States by walking down a train track into the town of Emerson, Man., in February 2017.
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A report finds that Canada’s flawed deportation process undermines refugee protection. Here’s why it must be reformed so that it meets Canada’s human rights obligations.
An immigrant mother and child stand outside a church on Martha’s Vineyard on Sept. 15, 2022.
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Sidhu is not being deported as punishment. He is being removed because he has been positioned as a foreigner in Canada who has lost the privilege to remain.
A Ukrainian soldier observes a destroyed shopping mall in Kyiv on March 29, 2022.
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Researchers say educators told them that immigrant students are sometimes made to believe they will be deported. Why? One reason is educators didn’t want them to drag down their school’s test scores.
The perpetrator of Friday’s terror attack in Auckland spent time in prison for sharing objectionable ISIS material, but under New Zealand’s criminal law he couldn’t be detained for planning an attack.
Deportations of non-citizens living in Australia not only tear families apart, they ignore the fact a person has already paid for their crime.
The American Dream and Promise Act, also known as House Resolution 6, would create a path to citizenship for immigrant ‘Dreamers’ – but it has to pass the Senate first.
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The House passed a bill creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children. Here’s what you need to know about the Dreamers and DACA.
Deputy Director, Intellectual Forum at Jesus College in the University of Cambridge, and Researcher for the Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University, University of Cambridge