Family Unity
UNHCR's submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee Inquiry into the provisions of the Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 and Questions on Notice 26 May 2006.
Submitted May 2006
This submission expresses UNHCR's concern at the proposed offshore processing measures.
Click here for the other submissions.
Click here for the Senate Report, 13 June 2006
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 concern that Temporary Protection Visa and Temporary Humanitarian Visa holders and 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.
Click here for other submissions to this senate inquiry.
Click here for final report into the Administration and Operation of the Migration ACT 1958, March 2006. (pdf 4,797KB)
Migration Legislation Amendment (Further Border Protection) Bill 2002
Submitted July 2002
The
submission expresses UNHCR’s concern at the current
lack of formal procedures for the determination of refugee
status in excised areas.
Click here for the final report completed October 2002.
(pdf 2,147Kb)
Click here for other submissions
Submission
to the Senate Legal & Constitutional References Committee
Inquiry into the Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No
6) 2001
Submitted September 2001
The
submission comments on the amendment which provides that
family members of persons who are owed protection obligations
by Australia would also be eligible for a protection visa. However, concerns are that this provision is subject to the Minister’s
discretion powers, which is non-compellable and non-reviewable.
Click here for the Bill report released September 2001, including a list of the submissions. (pdf 115Kb)
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