Saturday, February 22, 2014

UN human rights office urges Australia reconsider asylum policy

[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] called [statement] for changes to the way Australia deals with asylum seekers. As of August 2013, Australia transfers all individuals seeking asylum to a holding camp in Papua New Guinea. From here, they are processed and eventually resettled outside of Australia. This detention can be lengthy, as the Australian government assesses the cases. According to Australia, this is meant to deter people-smugglers. However, following violence at...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/02/UN-human-rights-office-urges-Australia-reconsider-asylum-policy.php

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