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Category: Refugees
Children out of immigration detention centres: a good start
26 August 2005, 11:25AM
Amnesty International Australia welcomes the Immigration Minister's announcement that all remaining children will be released from Australian immigration detention centres as of today.
Kyrgyzstan: Refugees—14 released, 15 remain in detention
26 August 2005, 11:25AM
Amnesty International (AI) has received reports that 14 of the 29 refugees who had been detained by the Kyrgyzstan authorities have been transferred into the care of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The 14 released refugees were among the 440 refugees who left Kyrgyzstan in the UNHCR "humanitarian airlift". According to reports, they arrived in Romania today (29 July).
Australia: Asylum-seekers remain in long-term limbo
26 August 2005, 11:25AM
Ahmed was not quite 11 years old when his family arrived in Australia seeking asylum. Placed in immigration detention, his mental health deteriorated alarmingly.
Immigration Detention: Safeguards must be in place
26 August 2005, 11:24AM
Amnesty International Australia says the case of Cornelia Rau reinforces the need for automatic and periodic judicial review of those in immigration detention.
Australia: Removing children from schools damaging to child welfare and contrary to rights obligatio
26 August 2005, 11:24AM
Amnesty International has consistently highlighted its concerns over the approach by the Australian Government of placing children in immigration detention.
Australia: Indefinite detention: permanent solution, not quick fix
26 August 2005, 11:24AM
Amnesty International is today urging the Government to steer clear of quick-fix solutions in its review of long-term detainees, calling instead for a complete overhaul of Australias fatally flawed immigration detention system.
Government’s ‘quick fix’ on immigration detention fails to address inhumane system
26 August 2005, 11:24AM
Amnesty International today released a preliminary report which presents a compelling case for changing Australias mandatory detention regime.
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