Joint Standing Committee on Migration

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Inquiry into immigration detention in Australia

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There is currently a total of 19 media releases in the following list.

• Tuesday 18th August 2009
  Migration Committee's final report on detention wants all detainees treated fairly and humanely (PDF 54KB)
  
  
• Monday 25 May 2009
  Joint Migration Committee tables second report into immigration detention (PDF 54KB)
  
  
• Monday 25 May 2009
  Second report on immigration detention in Australia released tonight(PDF 30KB)

• Wednesday 18 March 2009
  Migration Committee welcomes decision to extinguish detention debt (PDF 30KB)
• Tuesday 17 March 2009
  Immigration update on detention reforms (PDF 49KB)
• Tuesday 24 February 2009
  How do we compare? Lessons from international detention practice (PDF 30KB)
• Tuesday 3 February 2009
  Refugee Council on community based alternatives to immigration detention (PDF 30KB)
  
• Tuesday 20 January 2009
  From detention centres to the community: What are the alternatives? (PDF 46KB)
• Monday 1 December 2008
  Immigration detention in Australia: A new beginning (PDF 38KB)
• Monday 1 December 2008
  Immigration detention in Australia: A new beginning (PDF 33KB)
• Thursday 23 October 2008
  Immigration detention from a human rights perspective (PDF 39KB)
• Tuesday 14 October 2008
  Are we meeting our international obligations? UNHCR to give evidence on immigration detention (PDF 30KB)
• Friday 3 October 2008
  Migration Committee to visit Perth (PDF 37KB)
• Tuesday 23 September 2008
  Moving forward on immigration detention reforms: DIAC to give evidence (PDF 30KB)
• Tuesday 16 September 2008
  Ombudsman to address criteria for immigration detention (PDF 30KB)
• Tuesday 8 September 2008
  How long is too long? Committee to take evidence on detention criteria in Melbourne (PDF 36KB)
• Tuesday 2 September 2008
  Detainees in community pose little risk: Immigration Detention Advisory Group (PDF 31KB)
• Friday 4 July 2008
  Parliamentary Committee to inspect new $396 million detention centre on Christmas Island (PDF 31KB)
• Tuesday 10 June 2008
  New inquiry into immigration detention (PDF 30KB)