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People smuggling

People smuggling is a multi-billion dollar business fuelled by the increasingly restrictive asylum practices of many of the world's industrialised countries.

Refugees - Questions and Answers

Refugees are people outside their own country who are fleeing due to a well founded fear of persecution based on race, nationality, religion, political opinion or social group identification. Refugees have been threatened but they are not a threat.

Mandatory detention in Australia

'Unauthorised arrivals' who do not have proper identification continue to face indefinite detention in Australia. We are dedicated to ending the policy of mandatory detention, which penalises people seeking asylum from persecution - a right they have under international law.

Australia’s refugee determination process

Amnesty International believes that Australia's refugee determination process needs to made clearer and more transparent. As it stands, the process allows for some of the human rights of asylum seekers to be ignored.

Detention on Christmas Island

Asylum seekers attempting to reach Australia by boat are generally intercepted and detained indefinitely on Christmas Island, an offshore detention processing centre.

Migrant Workers Convention

It is estimated that migrants currently make up 3.2% of the world’s population. That’s over 200 million throughout the world, most of whom are migrant workers and their families.

Australia’s obligations to refugees and asylum seekers

This factsheet outlines some aspects of human rights treaties that apply to refugees and asylum seekers, and highlights Australia's obligations under these treaties.

Mental health problems amongst asylum seekers

This fact sheet explores the mental health affects of long-term detention for asylum seekers.

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