Placing migrants who are not criminals in prisons risks serious violations of their human rights and perpetuates narratives about the criminality of immigrants.
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The case could result in further limits on the immigration minister’s powers to keep refugees in detention indefinitely.
The government will head back to the High Court next month for another immigration case. If it loses, there could be wide-ranging consequences.
The release of more than 140 ex-detainees from immigration detention has prompted a panicked government response. So, what does the legislation say, and what happens now?
The High Court judges unanimously held that a person must be released from immigration detention where there is no real prospect of them being deported in the foreseeable future.
In this podcast, Liberal Senator James Paterson joins The Conversation to discuss the High Court's ruling, his concerns about rising anti-Semitism, rising cyber risks, and Australia's future relations with China
An inquiry into conditions at Brook House immigration removal centre found ‘credible evidence’ of breaches of human rights.
Several Canadian provinces are terminating their immigration detention agreements with the CBSA. While that signals a move in the right direction, the federal government must also take action.
Provisions related to detention of children and protections for trafficking victims are the subject of ongoing debate.
Our new study describes the health effects of detention on children, and the clinical results are alarming.
The visit will place pressure on Australia to belatedly move ahead with its commitments under an anti-torture protocol.
Coming just one week before the election, the political calculation of Morrison’s policy revival is difficult to ignore.
Plus, Russia’s history of using refugees from Ukraine as geopolitical tools. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
The largest immigration detention centre is located in a COVID hot spot in western Sydney. We need to make vaccinations for detainees and staff an urgent priority.
A record 95,079 child migrants had arrived alone at the US’s southern border by July this year. The US is legally responsible for these children, but it is struggling to give them adequate care.
This excessive spending raises serious raise questions about the government’s long-term planning for refugees stuck in limbo.
Group visits and food are prohibited, and visitors must sit in designated chairs apart from their loved ones. Celebrating holidays in detention didn’t used to be like this.
Australia has a long history of incarceration of migrants, Indigenous people and those considered ‘enemies’ of the state. This has formed a ‘template’ for modern-day quarantine and detention policies.
New data shows self-harm incidents in immigration detention have spiked his year amid concerns over the pandemic. We must take steps to reduce asylum seekers’ vulnerability and prevent further harm.
It is almost impossible for asylum seekers held in detention to practise social distancing. For their protection, and that of the wider community, the government must take action now.
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Research Fellow, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, law, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor in Social and Trauma Psychology, Nottingham Trent University
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Lecturer, Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and Policy Studies, Deakin University
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Senior lecturer, international migration and refugee law, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University
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Research associate, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor, Criminology, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Senior Research Associate, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Criminology, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Law, QUT, Queensland University of Technology
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Deputy Dean, School of Law, Deakin University
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Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Sydney
