Rights and Freedoms
      
   
 
      
      
    
    
      1 May 2013
    
   
      
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          Human rights issues raised by the third country processing regime
      
  
    Contents 1 Introduction 2 Background 3 Australia’s international obligations to asylum seekers subject to third country transfer 4 Key human rights concerns with the third country processing regime 5 People subject to third country transfer who remain in Australia 1 Introduction In September 2012, the Australian Government commenced transferring asylum seekers who arrived in Australia by…