Asylum seeker rights

Leading legal and human rights organisations have joined together to call for an immediate end to the mandatory detention of asylum seekers and refugees by the Australian Government, labelling the system inhumane, unnecessary, and unlawful.  Today is the final day to make a submission on the Ending Indefinite and Arbitrary Immigration Detention Bill 2021, which…

Two years after the repeal of Medevac laws, asylum seekers who were transferred from Manus Island and Naru are still languishing in hotels waiting for essential medical treatment. This dire situation is highlighted in a new report Healthcare denied: Medevac and the long wait for essential medical treatment in Australian immigration detention released today by…

Join an expert panel discussing barriers to health care experienced by asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention. About this event PIAC is proud to launch its latest report, ‘Healthcare denied: Medevac and the long wait for essential medical treatment in Australian immigration detention’. The report reveals that despite the intentions of the Medevac scheme, the…

Legal experts have released a unified statement (attached below) calling for three migration Bills currently before Parliament to be rejected in their entirety due to the threat they pose to the rule of law, basic human rights and transparency. The suite of Bills targets refugees, people seeking asylum and other migrants who are in immigration…

A new report released today has revealed the Commonwealth Government’s failure to follow public health advice in Australia’s onshore immigration detention centres and called for urgent measures to reduce the risk of a COVID outbreak in facilities. In welcoming the report by the Australian Human Rights Commission, Jane Leibowitz, PIAC’s Acting Principal Solicitor, has called…