All Regional Office submissions submitted to Parliamentary Inquiries and the High Court that
outline UNHCR’s position on a number of policy issues.
Australia
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) submission to the High Court of Australia between Minister of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (MIMIA) and QAAH 2004 and the Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT); NBGM and Minister of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (MIMA) & RRT.
(pdf 284Kb)
Submitted June 2006.
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 from 26 May Hearing.
(pdf 100Kb)
Submitted May 2006.
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
(pdf 153Kb)
Submitted July 2005.
Questions on Notice from 26 October 2005 Hearing. (pdf 128Kb)
Click here for the final report (pdf 4,797Kb)
Click here for other submissions.
Submission to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee Inquiry into asylum and protection visas for consular officials and the deportation, search and discovery of Vivian Solon
(pdf 150Kb)
Submitted July 2005.
Click here for the final report (pdf 772Kb).
Click here for interim report (pdf 772Kb).
Click here for other submissions.
Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Migration Litigation Reform Bill 2005
(pdf 129Kb)
Submitted April 2005.
Click here for the final report completed in May 2005. (pdf 314Kb).
Click here for other submissions.
Submission of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the Criminal Code Amendment (Trafficking of Persons Offences) Bill 2004
(pdf 17Kb)
Submitted February 2005.
Click here for the final report completed in March 2005 (pdf 314Kb).
Click here for other submissions.
Inquiry into the provisions of the Migration Amendment (Judicial Review Bill)
(pdf 272Kb)
Submitted April 2004.
Click here for final report completed in June 2004. (pdf 275Kb).
Click here for other submissions.
Submission of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Migration Legislation Amendment (Identification and Authentication) Bill
(pdf 92Kb)
Submitted September 2003.
Click here for inquiry report submitted September 2003 (pdf 267Kb).
Click here for other submissions
Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Ministerial Discretion in Migration Matters: Inquiry into Ministerial Discretion in Migration Matters
(pdf 80Kb)
Submitted August 2003.
Click here for the final report tabled March 2004.
(pdf 3,380 Kb).
Click here for other submissions.
Migration Legislation Amendment (Further Border Protection) Bill 2002
(pdf 100Kb)
Submitted July 2002.
Click here for the final report of the inquiry completed October 2002 (pdf 2,147Kb).
Click here for other submissions.
Supplementary Submission by UNHCR to the Senate, Legal and Constitutional Committee on the Migration Legislation Amendment (Further Border Protection) Bill 2002
(pdf 112Kb)
(Questions were put “on notice” during the public hearing on 06 August 2002).
Submission to the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission – A last resort?
(pdf 48Kb)
Submitted May 2002.
Click here for the final report of the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention (pdf 6,755Kb).
Click here for other submissions.
Submission to the Senate Legal & Constitutional References Committee Inquiry into the Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No 6) 2001
(pdf 368Kb)
Submitted September 2001.
Click here for the Bill report completed in September 2001 (pdf 115Kb).
Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2)
(pdf 230Kb)
Submitted April 2000.
Click here for the final report of the inquiry tabled October 2000 (pdf 300Kb).
Click here for other submissions.
A Sanctuary Under Review: An Examination of Australia's Refugee and Humanitarian Determination Processes
(pdf 1,096Kb)
Submitted August 1999.
Click here for final report of the inquiry completed in June 2000 (pdf 1,837Kb).
New Zealand
UNHCR submission on the Review of New Zealand's Immigration ACT 1987,
1 July 2006 (pdf 284Kb).
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