A sanctuary under review : an examination of Australia's refugee and humanitarian determination processes / Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee

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Australia. Parliament. Senate. Legal and Constitutional References Committee
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A Sanctuary under Review An Examination of Australia’s Refugee and Humanitarian Determination Processes 1
A Sanctuary under Review An Examination of Australia’s Refugee and Humanitarian Determination Processes 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS 6
LIST OF ACRONYMS 13
SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 17
INTRODUCTION 25
CHAPTER 1 THE REFUGEE ISSUE 33
CHAPTER 2 AUSTRALIA’S INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND THE PRINCIPLE OF NON-REFOULEMENT 71
CHAPTER 3 LEGAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO ASYLUM SEEKERS 101
CHAPTER 4 DECISION-MAKING - PART 1 THE DEPARTMENTAL DECISION 141
CHAPTER 5 DECISION-MAKING - PART 2 THE REFUGEE REVIEW TRIBUNAL 175
CHAPTER 6 JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT OF ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS 213
CHAPTER 7 THE CASE OF MR SE 235
CHAPTER 8 MINISTERIAL DISCRETION 269
CHAPTER 9 THE CASE OF THE CHINESE WOMAN 301
CHAPTER 10 REMOVALS FROM AUSTRALIA 333
CHAPTER 11 MONITORING OF RETURNED PERSONS 361
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM SENATORS PAYNE AND COONAN GOVERNMENT SENATORS 377
APPENDIX 1 ORGANISATIONS AND PERSONS THAT PROVIDED THE COMMITTEE WITH SUBMISSIONS 383
APPENDIX 2 ORGANISATIONS AND PERSONS WHO GAVE EVIDENCE AT PUBLIC HEARINGS 389
APPENDIX 3 CONVENTION RELATING TO THE STATUS OF REFUGEES, 189 U.N.T.S. 150, ENTERED INTO FORCE APRIL 22,1954. 397
APPENDIX 4 JUDICIAL REVIEW UNDER THE MIGRATION ACT 1958 417
APPENDIX 5 TABLE 1: FEDERAL COURT RESOLUTIONS SINCE THE 1993-1994 FINANCIAL YEAR1 421
APPENDIX 6 MR SE - CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS 423
APPENDIX 7 THE MINISTERIAL DISCRETION - S 417 OF THE MIGRATION ACT 1958: 427
APPENDIX 8 GUIDELINES FOR STAY IN AUSTRALIA ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS (PRE 1999 VERSION) 429
APPENDIX 9 THE MINISTERIAL GUIDELINES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF UNIQUE OR EXCEPTIONAL CASES WHERE IT MAY BE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST TO SUBSTITUTE A MORE FAVOURABLE DECISION UNDER S345, 351, 391, 417, 454 OF THE MIGRATION ACT 19582 433
APPENDIX 10 MS Z - CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS7 441
APPENDIX 11 DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS MIGRATION SERIES INSTRUCTION MSI - 22 445
APPENDIX 12 STANDARD OF SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR 447
APPENDIX 13 SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS REQUIRING INPUT FROM DIMA AND OTHER BODIES 449

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