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Topic: Unauthorised arrivals

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	Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		This was in response to the arrival of 44 West Papuan refugees who claimed asylum, and were granted protection visas, creating diplomatic tensions with Indonesia.
		Entry "by sea" covers both arrivals by boat to Australia, but also situations where most of the person's journey was by sea but the last part might have been via air.
		A "designated unauthorized arrival" cannot make a valid visa application within Australia - this means they will not be processed in Australia or receive a bridging visa allowing them to stay in Australia during processing of an application.
	www.acacia-au.com /unauthorised_arrivals_bill_2006.php (547 words)

	Strengthened Border Control Measures for Unauthorised Boat Arrivals - Immigration Media Release v048/2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The new measures will mean that all unauthorised boat arrivals will be transferred to offshore centres for assessment of their claims.
		This effectively eliminates the distinction between unauthorised boat arrivals at an excised offshore place and those who reach the mainland.
		“Unauthorised boat arrivals who have already applied for protection before today will not be affected by these changes,” the Minister said.
	www.minister.immi.gov.au /media_releases/media06/v06048.htm (302 words)

	Mary Crock, Where we are on the refugee highway: Reflections on Australia's treatement of refugees and asylum seekers
		Unauthorised arrivals who gain legal recognition as "refugees" can no longer expect as a matter if course that they will be allowed to remain here permanently or even have the right to family reunion.
		The current policies are all predicated on a central, all-important fiction: that unauthorised arrivals are "queue jumpers", unworthy of fair treatment.
		In Parliament we hear again and again the rhetoric of "good refugees" - the "decent, genuine" refugees in the UN camps as the member for Cairns said recently - who are displaced by the opportunistic "unauthorised arrivals" the "Pakistanis" who come in the boats, jumping the queue.
	www.safecom.org.au /crock.htm (4923 words)

	Unauthorised arrival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An unauthorized arrival is a person who has arrived in a country when they are not a citizen of that country, do not have a visa to enter that country, and have no possibility of entering by legal means.
		A person is described as an unauthorised arrival when they have crossed a national border with the intention of applying for refugee status, making them asylum seekers.
		If a person enters a country without authorisation intending to live and work in that country, then they are an illegal immigrant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Unauthorised_arrival (200 words)

	The Commonwealth Treasurer – Transcript - Australian economy; World economy; unauthorised arrivals; Woomera ...
		It is because the number of boat arrivals has been larger than anybody expected that we have had to bring into operation some of these facilities.
		But the facilities that are there are properly managed, they have good recreational facilities, they have very good medical care and we have an independent committee, independent of the Government, which is now meeting with people and addressing their grievances.
		We would rather that we did not have any unlawful arrivals, in which case you would not need any centres, but, given the fact that you do these facilities are adequate for the need and they provide proper facilities for those involved.
	www.treasurer.gov.au /tsr/content/transcripts/2002/002.asp (1240 words)

	United Nations Association of Australia
		Thank you for your letter of 26 November1999 concerning illegal immigration and the new three-year temporary protection visafor unauthorised arrivals who are found to be refugees, The delay in responding isregretted.
		Unauthorisedair arrivals have been increasing at a rate of some 40 per cent per annum in recentYears, with over 2,000 arriving in 1988/99, In 1998, 200 people arrived by boat.In 1999, some 3,700 arrived by that means.
		The increases in unauthorised arrivals by boat and by air reflectthe fact that Australia has a growing reputation as a desirable destination.
	www.unaa.org.au /wn000613a.html (941 words)

	Russell Broadbent speech to parliament \| News \| The Australian
		There is no doubt that the changes introduced in the Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 are being made as a reaction by the Australian government to Indonesian concerns about the correct and honourable decision by Australia to grant asylum to 43 refugees from West Papua.
		It seems incongruous that an unauthorised boat arrival at an excised offshore place is subject to offshore processing arrangements, while an unauthorised boat arrival travelling, in some cases, only a few kilometres further to the Australian mainland is able to access the onshore protection arrangements...
		That is the independent process we followed with a group of a unauthorised boat arrivals from Indonesia in January 2006.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20069900-601,00.html (1813 words)

	JOHN MENADUE
		The Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs states on its website on unauthorised arrivals that ‘historically the Australian example of people-smuggling, which attract most media attention, have been by boat.
		As one door closes for unauthorised arrivals, another door is prized open.
		In highlighting illegal boat arrivals, the Government has conveniently ignored the 60,000 illegals in the Country, mainly UK and USA visitors who have cheated by permanently overstaying..
	www.cathnews.com /news/211/27jm.html (2418 words)

	Charles Darwin Symposium 2003
		The practice of placing all unauthorised arrivals in immigration detention centres, and the conditions in these centres in particular, had brought severe domestic and international criticism for Australia, Dr Andreas Schloenhardt told participants.
		“Rather than detaining unlawful arrivals, governments should further explore opportunities to release them into the community, provide them with basic food, accommodation, education and health care and introduce a reporting system to monitor their movements and ensure they do not disappear or relocate without authorisation.
		“Detention of unauthorised arrivals should be limited to suspected criminals who pose a threat to political stability and national security, or persons whose visa applications have been rejected and who are now expecting removal.
	www.cdu.edu.au /cdss2003/news_s3_6.html (597 words)

	Recognising the real challenge in refugee protection - On Line Opinion - 15/12/1999
		It is not scare-mongering to look to the hard facts about the influx of unauthorised arrivals and how this will impact on our efforts to contribute to international strategies to help those in need.
		The increases in unauthorised arrivals by boat and by air reflect the fact that Australia has a growing reputation as a desirable destination.
		The decision to provide unauthorised arrivals found to be refugees with access to temporary residence only in the first instance is fully consistent with our fundamental obligations towards refugees.
	www.onlineopinion.com.au /view.asp?article=2002 (830 words)

	Unauthorised Boat Arrivals: One Child in a Detention Centre - Immigration Media Release v096/2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Unauthorised Boat Arrivals: One Child in a Detention Centre - Immigration Media Release v096/2004
		Unauthorised Boat Arrivals: One Child in a Detention Centre
		today only one child, whose parents were unauthorised boat arrivals, is in a mainland detention centre.
	www.minister.immi.gov.au /media_releases/media04/v04096.htm (350 words)

	Refugee Council of Australia
		Unauthorised arrivals seeking asylum are a small minority, and the majority of these people are eventually granted permission to stay.
		2.2.2 Until 1999, the approximate percentage of people from Detention Centres (unauthorised arrivals) being granted asylum was 70-75%, while the figure for the remainder (those who arrived with visas) was closer to 15%.[10] Thus, even without a marked increase in places, Australia already planned to welcome the numbers currently arriving.
		He explained about men who were pleased to have been placed in Broome’s 19th century jail after a walk-out because their arrival there marked the first time since arrival in Australia that they were referred to by their names instead of numbers.
	www.refugeecouncil.org.au /current/alt-religinst.html (4580 words)

	Labor Releases Asylum-Seekers Policy [December 5, 2002]
		Labor understands the concerns of Australians and shares their view that unauthorised boat arrivals are the worst of all possible outcomes both from Australia's point of view, as a nation managing its borders, and from the point of view of the asylum seekers who risk, and sometimes lose, their lives.
		The lull in boat arrivals in Australia is largely due to the fall of the Taliban, which has significantly reduced the numbers of people on the move.
		Such processing will deter unauthorised arrivals because there is no incentive to come to Australia in leaky boats only to hit the same processing regime.
	www.australianpolitics.com /news/2002/12/02-12-05a.shtml (5738 words)

	Media Watch \| DIMIA's "secret" policy
		unauthorised boat arrivals is provided to Customs by the People Smuggling Task Force which is chaired by the Department of Immigration.
		This is the shadowy task force which ran the Tampa operation and the all-of-government blockade of people smuggling boats before the 2001 elections.
		The government policy on media coverage of unauthorised arrivals is a matter of public interest and a legitimate subject for inquiry by Media Watch or any other media organisation.
	www.abc.net.au /mediawatch/transcripts/s1105286.htm (548 words)

	The Hindu : International / Globescan : Immigration bill dropped
		Prime Minister John Howard said in Canberra on Monday the bill on "all unauthorised arrivals" was being withdrawn in the context of a changing "arithmetic" in the delicately balanced Senate over this issue.
		One ruling party Senator had threatened to "cross the floor" and vote against, while another wanted to "abstain" if a certain amendment were not incorporated.
		The Opposition Labour vowed to scuttle the exercise.
	www.hindu.com /2006/08/16/stories/2006081606171400.htm (162 words)

	Judi Moylan speech to parliament \| News \| The Australian
		This is complex legislation because it places people seeking refuge on our shores out of reach of Australian domestic law and by our hand, places them within the borders of a country that is not a signatory to International Conventions protecting asylum seekers.
		It is incongruous that unauthorised boat arrivals are treated any differently from unauthorised plane arrivals.
		Less than 200 unauthorised boat arrivals have reached Australian shores in recent times and amongst them 43 West Papuans fleeing political oppression and human rights abuses.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20069805-601,00.html (1704 words)

	Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Website: Asylum Seekers
		The first was the Australian policy of holding in detention all but a tiny minority of unauthorised arrivals.
		The report deals with the policy of mandatory detention of most unauthorised arrivals and the conditions of detention for those detained.
		the failure to inform new arrivals of their right to request the assistance of a lawyer.
	www.hreoc.gov.au /human_rights/asylum_seekers/index.html (1656 words)

	Scoop: Commitment to Refugee Protection Obligations
		Mr Ruddock said he was disappointed that comments today by a representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees concerning Australia's strengthened arrangements for handling unauthorised boat arrivals raised doubts about Australia's ongoing commitment.
		"Unauthorised boat arrivals transferred offshore will have access to a proper refugee assessment process, as have all previous asylum seekers transferred to offshore processing centres," he added.
		The Government is currently developing the necessary legislative amendments to implement its changes to arrangements for offshore processing of asylum claims.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0604/S00333.htm (534 words)

	Labor To Oppose Excision Plan [June 15, 2002]
		The Minister said this will prevent unauthorised arrivals who may land on these excised islands from applying for a visa.
		"It is clear that strategies proposed by the Government and passed by Parliament in September last year have had a significant impact on stopping people smugglers bringing unauthorised boat arrivals to Australia," Mr Ruddock said.
		Australian citizens and others with lawful authority under the Migration Act to be in Australia continue to be able to move about freely in these areas and make any applications permitted by that Act.
	www.australianpolitics.com /news/2002/06/02-06-15.shtml (1455 words)

	chilout : children out of detention
		The new legislation for the Designated Unauthorised Arrivals Bill was introduced into Federal parliament on 11 May. On 13 June, the Senate inquiry recommended the Bill should not proceed.
		The ancient and universal tradition of providing sanctuary to those in danger is part of our refugee regime in Australia today, and it is demonstrated by the community at large when Australians respond generously to the suffering of others, both at home and abroad.
		The Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 does not reflect this tradition.
	www.chilout.org /information/dua_bill_2006.html (1187 words)

	MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994 - SCHEDULE 11 Memorandum of Understanding
		Representatives of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China and the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs of Australia met in Beijing from January 20 to 25, 1995 on the issue of recent unauthorised arrivals in Australia of Vietnamese refugees settled in China.
		Consistent with international practice, both parties expressed their opposition to the unauthorised flow of refugees to third countries from the country of first asylum where they enjoy protection.
		On this basis both parties reached the following understandings on special arrangements for dealing with current unauthorised arrivals in Australia of Vietnamese refugees settled in China.
	www.austlii.edu.au /au/legis/cth/consol_reg/mr1994227/sch11.html (424 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		This is in addition to $18.7 million that was provided in 2001-02 for this initiative; and * $1.5 million to the Australian Federal Police for five boats for the Indonesian National Police to assist their efforts in preventing people smuggling.
		Our current border protection operations have been successful in deterring unauthorised boat arrivals since September 2001, intercepting more than 12 vessels in the first four months.
		The extra money in the Budget will be used to continue high levels of coastal surveillance of Australia's northern approaches." The 2002-03 Budget also includes funding to allow Defence and Customs to trial the high frequency surface wave radar that provides over-the-horizon border surveillance.
	www.angelfire.com /ia3/ironside/985.doc (512 words)

	The myth of our humanitarian tradition - theage.com.au (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Macintyre may also be disputed on his claim that our response to the Vietnamese was "belated and grudging".
		We admitted the unauthorised "boat people" without question in 1976 and 1977 but introduced the Determination of Refugee Status Committee in March 1978, when it became clear some were not refugees but economic immigrants.
		Malcolm Fraser today is a champion of the pseudo-left but when he was prime minister he acted swiftly against unauthorised arrivals who had paid people smugglers.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/06/26/1056449364608.html?oneclick=true (822 words)

	ARRANGEMENT WITH PAPUA NEW GUINEA TO PROCESS UNAUTHORISED ARRIVALS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		I announce that we have reached agreement today with the Government of Papua New Guinea to establish a centre to process unauthorised boat arrivals.
		The new centre will provide a visible deterrent to people smugglers, and continues Australia’s commitment to discouraging unauthorised arrivals.
		The unauthorised arrivals rescued by the HMAS Adelaide will be disembarked and held on Christmas Island temporarily, until they can be transferred to the new processing centre in Papua New Guinea.
	www.pm.gov.au /news/media_releases/2001/media_release1333.htm (201 words)

	Ben’s Blog » Refugees
		The landing on mainland Australia of a group of unauthorised boat arrivals from Indonesia in January 2006 highlighted this incongruous outcome.
		The Immigration Minister has released a statement and with effect from today, and this will take effect when the legislation is brought in, it will operate as from today, that the new measures will mean that all unauthorised boat arrivals will be transferred to offshore centres for assessment of their claims.
		The Government argued at the time of the changes to the Migration Act in 2001, that we were not breaching this article of the Convention, because Afghanis and Iraqis were not coming directly from the territory where their life or freedom was threatened.
	tear.org.au /blogs/ben/?cat=15 (4280 words)

	Green Left - Issues: 'Ban the boatpeople' bill delayed
		On May 11, the House of Representatives’ last autumn sitting day, PM John Howard’s government tabled the Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 - legislation that will extend the 2001 “Pacific solution” to all boat arrivals of “illegal” asylum seekers, whether they reach the Australian mainland or not.
		All new boat arrivals will be sent to Nauru for the processing of their refugee claims.
		Rather than beginning debate on the legislation, the government referred it directly to a Senate committee for consideration, with a deadline of May 22, allowing opponents of the proposed new law just six working days to make submissions.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/2006/668/668p7.htm (521 words)

	Green Left - Opposition mounts to proposed immigration changes
		Many refugee-rights advocates describe the Howard government’s Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 as worse than the policy of mandatory detention introduced by the Hawke Labor government in the 1980s.
		Barrister Nicholas Poynder, in his submission to the committee, said: “Over the years I have seen various Australian governments tie themselves in knots trying to avoid their responsibilities under the refugees convention.
		However, I have never seen anything like this unauthorised arrivals bill for such a barefaced and impudent attempt to deny our obligations.”
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/2006/672/672p5.htm (516 words)

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