Legal Studies Australia - Migration Legislation
The global phenomenon that has seen increasing numbers of people resorting to desperate ways of finding a safe haven has become a major challenge for Australians to reconcile with. Australia is committed to protecting refugees and complying with its obligations, which arise regardless of whether the applicant entered Australia lawfully or unlawfully. Australia is taking a consistent position which provides protection to those persons who are assessed as engaging the governments obligations are ensuring that all claims are properly considered, while meeting our responsibilities to maintain the integrity of Australia's borders and migration programs.CURRENT LEGISLATION AMENDMENTS PAGE 5 CURRENT ACTS UNDER MIGRATION LEGISLATION PAGE 5 Australia is among the few countries that have a planned, non-discriminatory immigration program. Anyone from any country can apply to migrate here regardless of his or her ethnic origin
„h Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 People who apply for recognition as refugees are called asylum seekers. The seeking of asylum in itself is not illegal and Australia does not have a policy of detaining asylum seekers. But Australia does detain unauthorised arrivals. Detention is mandatory in mainland Australia and discretionary in 'excised offshore places'. People who arrived unauthorised at an excised offshore place may be taken into detention and this discretion to detain is likely to be exercised unless such persons are moved to an offshore processing place. P introducing new laws in October 2001 designed to strengthen Australia's territorial integrity and to reduce incentives for people to make hazardous voyages to Australian territories (See Fact Sheet 71, New Measures to Strengthen Border Control.)
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