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  2. Asylum in Australia - Wikipedia

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    There, asylum seekers had to undergo a lengthy process before they could immigrate to Australia. [1] The Pacific Solution was intended to remove the incentive for refugees to come to Australia. While detained offshore, asylum-seekers under the Pacific Solution were denied access to Australian lawyers and to protection under Australian law. [9]

  3. Illegal immigration to Australia - Wikipedia

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    The application of the term "illegal" to asylum seekers is controversial. While it is not a criminal offence to seek asylum in Australia, or to enter Australian territory without immigration documents for the purpose of seeking asylum, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Fact Check unit determined that the term was valid when referring to ...

  4. Immigration to Australia - Wikipedia

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    In response to the needs of asylum seekers, the Asylum Seeker Assistance Scheme was established [by whom?] in 1992 to address Australia's obligations under the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. The Australian Red Cross administers the scheme under contract to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.

  5. Immigration history of Australia - Wikipedia

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    After the election, the government continued with its hard line on unauthorised arrivals of asylum seekers. Legislation was developed to excise certain islands from Australia's migration zone meaning that if asylum seekers landed on an excised island, Australia was not required to provide access to the Australian courts or permanent settlement ...

  6. Immigration detention in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Mandatory detention of asylum seekers (so called, "unlawful arrivals") in Australia was established by the Keating government by the Migration Reform Act 1992 which came into operation on 1 September 1994. It was originally intended as an interim measure.

  7. Australia to release asylum seekers in indefinite detention ...

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    Australia has released a stateless Rohingya man held in immigration detention for years, the government said on Friday, following a landmark court ruling that paves the way to end the indefinite ...

  8. Murugappan family asylum claims - Wikipedia

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    The family's wish to stay in Australia has been supported by some members of the Biloela community as well as refugee and asylum seeker advocates. [50] Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia has supported granting permanent residency to the family, stating "These people should be settled here in Australia. It won't undermine the ...

  9. Australian immigration detention facilities - Wikipedia

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    Asylum seekers detected in boats in Australian waters have been detained in facilities on the offshore islands of Nauru and Manus Island, previously under the now defunct Pacific Solution and (since 2013 and as of March 2019) under Operation Sovereign Borders.