RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendation 1
1.7 That the Government consider amending
proposed section 4AAA of the Bill to more closely reflect its adoption of the
Immigration Detention Values.
Recommendation 2
1.9 The committee recommends that existing
subsection 4AAA (1)(b) be deleted and that proposed paragraph 4AAA (1)(a) be
amended to read: (a) Manage the risks to the Australian community of the
non-citizen entering or remaining in Australia, pending the resolution of the
non-citizen’s immigration status.
Recommendation 3
1.29 That the Bill be amended to broaden the
application of proposed subsection 189(1B) to impose a duty on the Department
of Immigration and Citizenship to make reasonable efforts to identify any
person detained within the migration zone or in an excised offshore place, to
conduct character, health and security assessments, and resolve the person's
immigration status in a timely fashion.
Recommendation 4
1.41 That proposed section 194A be amended to
require an officer to consider a request by a detainee for a Temporary
Community Access Permission.
Recommendation 5
1.51 That the Government give further consideration
to implementing recommendations 13 and 14 of the Parliamentary Joint Committee
on Migration's report Immigration Detention in Australia: A New Beginning.
Recommendation 6
1.56 That proposed subsection 4AA(4) be amended to
require that the best interests of the child should be a primary consideration
in the placement of the child's immediate family as well as the placement of
the child.
Recommendation 7
1.59 That proposed section 4AA(4) be amended so
that the best interests of the child be regarded by an officer as a primary
consideration in where and how a child is detained (including in accordance
with a residence determination).
Recommendation 8
1.65 That the Government consider amending the Bill
to provide for the appointment of an independent guardian for unaccompanied
minors and children housed apart from their immediate families.
Recommendation 9
1.66 That subject to the foregoing recommendations,
the Bill be supported.
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