The devils in the fine detail. Giving a man like Morrison absolute power will be a nightmare. The Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014: introduces temporary protection visas for unauthorised arrivals already in detention creates a new visa class of safe haven enterprise visa deems that if an asylum seeker has a current permanent protection visa application in train that it be instead considered an application for a TPV creates a fast-track assessment process for those who arrived on or after August 13, 2012, by removing access to the Refugee Review Tribunal and referring reviews instead to a new Immigration Assessment Authority removes most references to the UN Refugees Convention and replaces it with Australias interpretation of its obligations under the convention classifies children born to asylum seekers in Australia or a regional processing centre as unauthorised maritime arrivals to be blocked from applying for permanent visas, and resettled offshore allows the Government to remove people who fail to gain refugee status, without regard to assessments of Australias non-refoulement obligations (refoulement being the international legal principle forbidding the return of a refugee anywhere their life or freedom could be threatened) deems that a person has a well-founded fear if they face a real chance of persecution in all areas of a receiving country, and says decision-makers should consider whether the person can access an area where they do not face a real threat of persecution puts a cap on the number of protection visas that can be issued in a year (which circumvents a High Court ruling earlier this year invalidating that approach) give the Immigration Minister more powers to direct boat turnbacks provide that the rules of natural justice do not apply to a range of powers, including the Immigration Ministers new powers allows a boat or people to be taken to a place outside Australia, whether or not Australia has an agreement or arrangements with the country ensures the Governments policies cannot be invalidated by the courts for not complying with international obligations abc.net.au/news/2014-09-25/what-the-governments-new-asylum-seeker-legislation-proposes/5769634
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 22:33:31 +0000
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