Australia Passes Bill That Allows Government to Indefinitely Detain Refugees and Asylum Seekers
The indefinite detention of refugees is illegal under international law.
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A new bill recently passed into Australian law will allow the government to detain refugees and asylum seekers indefinitely, a move human rights activists, lawyers and immigration advocates say is unethical and illegal under international human rights law.
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On March 19, 2020, when the Morrison government said it would shut Australiaâs international borders, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was grilled on how long the gates would stay closed. Six months or more, the Treasurer said, although he stressed it would depend on medical advice and the borders wouldnât open âuntil it is safe to do soâ.
On Tuesday, Frydenberg delivered a budget which assumes the border will stay more or less shut until the middle of next year, which would be 27 months. He was speaking at a time when Australia had done something almost unthinkable â stopping even its own citizens from coming home from India with the threat of jail.
2021-05-14 03:05:52 GMT2021-05-14 11:05:52(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CANBERRA, May 14 (Xinhua) The Australian parliament has passed laws that give the government the power to detain refugees indefinitely.
The governing coalition and opposition Labor Party on Thursday joined forces to vote the Migration Amendment Bill into law.
The laws give the government the power to detain indefinitely refugees who have had their visas canceled but cannot be returned to their country of origin because they would face persecution there.
Legal experts and the parliament s human rights committee have raised serious concerns about the legislation.
In a statement released on Thursday the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) said the laws would cause serious harm.
The new laws are directed at unlawful citizens housed in immigration detention who cannot return to their home countries because of a risk of persecution or serious harm.