Sentences with phrase «australian places of detention»
«By ratifying OPCAT, the Australian Government is committing to establish a national, independent system for inspecting all Australian places of detention.
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On the other hand, it seems likely that the prospect of being rescued in this way provides an incentive to migrants to embark on journeys that are visibly unsafe, and that where states have broken the link between rescue and access to their territory — as the Australian government has done by adopting a policy whereby migrant boats are either towed back to their point of embarkation, or else their occupants are assessed in offshore detention centres, with those qualifying for refugee status placed in third countries — the stream of boats rapidly dries up, and with it the loss of life.
«The Western Australian Inspector of Prison Services is the only such body in Australia which performs this vital role but we need to see this extended to all places of detention.
Recommendation 47: That the Australian Government cease the practice of holding people in immigration detention on Christmas Island, and repeal the provisions of the Migration Act relating to excised offshore places.