Migration Amendment (Protecting Babies Born in Australia) Bill 2014

Sponsor: Senator Hanson-Young
Introduced: Senate, 18 June 2014

1.1        The Migration Amendment (Protecting Babies Born in Australia) Bill 2014 (the bill) seeks to amend the Migration Act 1958 to ensure that a child who is born in Australia is not classified to have 'entered Australia by sea', and is therefore not an 'unauthorised maritime arrival' subject to transfer to Australia’s offshore detention centres.

1.2        The bill is accompanied by a statement of compatibility which concludes that the bill 'is compatible with human rights as it does not raise any negative human rights issues'.[1]

1.3                  The committee considers that the bill does not appear to give rise to human rights concerns.

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