Summary factsheet - The Forgotten Children: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014
The Forgotten Children: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014
Summary factsheet
July 2015
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Summary factsheet
Tell Me About: Children in immigration detention in Nauru
On 13 August 2012 the Australian Government reintroduced a system of third country processing for asylum seekers who arrive by boat without a valid visa. Under this system these asylum seekers, including children, must be transferred to a third country as soon as is reasonably practicable, unless the Minister for Immigration decides to exclude them from transfer.
Children in immigration detention: statements by the United Nations
Learn how the United Nations states that children do not belong in immigration detention and that under international law, states should not detain them.
Children in immigration detention: statements by health professional organisations
Migration Amendment (Maintaining the Good Order of Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2015 (Cth)
Migration Amendment (Maintaining the Good Order of Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2015 (Cth)
Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Senate Legal snd Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee
7 April 2015
Submission to Inquiry into the responsibilities of the Commonwealth Government in connection with the management and operation of the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru
27 April 2015
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Australia ACT 2600
By email: regionalprocessingnauru.sen@aph.gov.au
Dear Chair,
The Government, the High Court and the Migration Act
Submission on the Guardian for Unaccompanied Children Bill 2014
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National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention (2014)
Australia currently holds about 800 children in mandatory closed immigration detention for indefinite periods, with no pathway to protection or settlement. This includes 186 children detained on Nauru.
Children and their families have been held on the mainland and on Christmas Island for, on average, one year and two months. Over 167 babies have been born in detention within the last 24 months.
This Report gives a voice to these children.
Australian Citizenship and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014
Australian Citizenship and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014
Submission by the Australian Human Rights Commission
6 November 2014