Temporary Protection Visa
Submission
to the Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee
Inquiry into the Administration and Operation of the
Migration Act 1958
Submitted
July 2005
The submission raises UNHCR's concern that
Temporary Portection Visa holders are not entitled to family
reunion or Convention Travel Documents, and that in some
cases the lack of access to these entitlements may be indefinite. Ministerial discretion powers can be used to give TPV holders permanent visas, however, new guidelines are needed to ensure all relevant cases are referred by DIMIA to the Minisiter. UNHCR
stands ready to advise on the development of any such guidelines.
Questions on Notice from 26 October 2005 Hearing. (pdf 128Kb)
Click here for final report into the Administration and Operation of the Migration ACT 1958, March 2006. (pdf 4,797KB)
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Submission
to the Senate Select Committee on Ministerial Discretion
in Migration Matters: Inquiry into Ministerial Discretion
in Migration Matter
Submitted August 2003
The submission outlines
the difference between Complementary Protection and Temporary
Protection, and the problem of inconsistency of the meaning
of Temporary Protection used by Australia and UNHCR. The
conditions of the Australian Temporary Protection Visa are
unacceptable to UNHCR in their denial of the Convention right
to travel documents and family reunion.
Click
here for the final report completed March 2004. (pdf
3,380Kb)
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Migration
Legislation Amendment (Further Border Protection) Bill 2002
Submitted
July 2002
The excision Acts created
a new Temporary Portection Visa, subclass 447, for those
in excised areas or who are transferred to a third country
for processing of their asylum claim. The submission expresses
UNHCR's concern that the application of these visa restrictions
negatively impact family reunification and access to travel
documents.
Click here the final report completed
October 2002. (pdf 2,147Kb)
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