Immigration, asylum seekers and refugees

What’s new?

HREOC submission to Inquiry into Immigration Detention in Australia - 4 August 2008
Fact Sheet – The impact of bridging visa restrictions on human rights (2008)
Media release: Refugee Week: Detention centre inspections to begin (18 June 2008)
Media release: The end of temporary protection visas for refugees is a step forward for human rights (14 May 2008)

Information about immigration, asylum seekers and refugees

Do you think you have been discriminated against, or had your human rights breached, while in immigration detention?

See our Complaints page for information on how to make a complaint to HREOC.

Current projects

Inspections of immigration detention facilities

HREOC is in the process of conducting annual inspections of immigration detention facilities around Australia, including Christmas Island. A report of these inspections will be released later in the year.

Click here for information about past inspections and reports.

Past projects and publications

Submission about 457 visas to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration Inquiry into Temporary Business Visas (2007)
Summary of Observations following the Inspection of Mainland Immigration Detention Facilities (2007)
Summary of Observations following the Inspection of Mainland Immigration Detention Facilities (2006)
Face the Facts (2005) - information about immigrants, refugees and Indigenous peoples
A last resort?: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention (2004)
Report on Visits to Immigration Detention Facilities by the Human Rights Commissioner (2001)
Briefing Paper – Human Rights and International Law implications of Migration Bills (2001)
Immigration Detention Guidelines (2000)
Territorial Limits: Norfolk Island’s Immigration Act and human rights (1999)
Those who’ve come across the seas: Detention of unauthorised arrivals (1998)

See also the Community Partnerships for Human Rights Program for projects related to asylum seekers and refugees.

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