Refugees with adverse security assessments page

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The Commission has serious concerns about the situation for people who have been found to be refugees, but who have received adverse security assessments from the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).

For information about refugees with adverse security assessments, see the Commission’s fact sheet: Tell Me About: Refugees with Adverse Security Assessments.

For further information, see:

Submissions:

• Commission submission – Inquiry into the Migration and Security Legislation Amendment (Review of Security Assessments) Bill 2012 (December 2012)
• Commission Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Immigration Detention Network (August 2011)
• Commission submission - Independent Review of the Intelligence Community (April 2011)

Complaints investigated by the Commission:

• Sri Lankan refugees v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration & Citizenship) [2012] AusHRC 56

Immigration detention reports:

• Community arrangements for asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons: Observations from visits conducted by the Australian Human Rights Commission from December 2011 to May 2012 (section 6.2)
• 2011 Immigration detention at Villawood (section 8.4)
• 2011 report on Immigration Detention at Curtin (section 5.1)
• 2010 Immigration Detention on Christmas Island (section 10)

Media:

• Media Release - Right to merits review for refugees (May 2013)
• Media Release - Sri Lankan refugees v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration & Citizenship) (December 2012)
• Media Release - Commission welcomes announcement of independent review of adverse security assessments (18 October 2012)
• Media Release - Commission welcomes ASIO High Court ruling but urges immediate Government action (8 October 2012)