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Asylum Seekers and Refugees

All people have a fundamental human right to seek asylum from persecution (2010)

Learn about the right to seek asylum from persecution.

Treating asylum seekers well is in all our interests (2011)

Learn about the benefits of treating asylum seekers well.

Security rethink can protect refugee rights (2012)

Learn about a security rethink to protect refugee rights.

Current issues Australia faces in relation to its treatment of refugees (2012)

 

Speech delivered to the United Nations Association of Australia (WA Division)

Opinion Pieces - Immigration detention laws need reviewing (2008)

This is an often depressing tour that we at the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) undertake every year to monitor the conditions of immigration detention in Australia for compliance with internationally recognised human rights obligations. We tour and inspect the facilities, interview the staff and meet with the detainees themselves.

Human rights issues raised by the transfer of asylum seekers to third countries (2012)

Friday 14 December, 2012

Human rights issues raised by the transfer of asylum seekers to third countries’ sets out the Australian Human Rights Commission’s position in relation to steps taken recently by the Australian Government to transfer asylum seekers who arrive in Australia by boat to third countries for the processing of their claims for protection.

A last resort? report of the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention (2004)

Illustration of a child's face and hand seen through a wire fence, suggesting confinement or separation, with a dark teal background.

Explore a report by the Commission in relation to a national inquiry in to children being held in immigration detention.