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Use the easy form on the right to send a submission for the detention inquiry. You don't need to be a policy expert to write a submission to the inquiry - but if you would like some help, there are some handy tips below!
Not sure what to write?
Here is a summary of some key themes relating to Australia's immigration detention network that you might like to include in your submission.
1. Children should never be held in confinement where they can't move freely. Other than in exceptional circumstances, and in line with the best interests of the child, families should be able to stay together – children should not be separated from family members.
2. Immigration detention should:
be used as a last resort
for the shortest practical time
be subject to independent (administrative or judicial) review
be subject to independent monitoring and oversight
only be used for the specific purposes of managing genuine risk.
3. Alternatives to immigration detention should be developed, adopted and implemented ASAP.
4. All members of Parliament should commit to improving the public debate and refrain from political point-scoring about asylum seeker issues, acknowledging that it is not illegal to seek asylum and that Australia has freely entered into the international obligations contained in the 1951 Refugee Convention and other international instruments.
If you would like more detailed information click here to download an extract of the Centre for Policy Development's recent report, A New Approach: Breaking the Stalemate on Refugee & Asylum Seekers. You can also see their website here. They go through a series of issues and have written up recommendations that you may find helpful when writing your submission.
Not sure what to write?
Here is a summary of some key themes relating to Australia's immigration detention network that you might like to include in your submission.
1. Children should never be held in confinement where they can't move freely. Other than in exceptional circumstances, and in line with the best interests of the child, families should be able to stay together – children should not be separated from family members.
2. Immigration detention should:
3. Alternatives to immigration detention should be developed, adopted and implemented ASAP.
4. All members of Parliament should commit to improving the public debate and refrain from political point-scoring about asylum seeker issues, acknowledging that it is not illegal to seek asylum and that Australia has freely entered into the international obligations contained in the 1951 Refugee Convention and other international instruments.
If you would like more detailed information click here to download an extract of the Centre for Policy Development's recent report, A New Approach: Breaking the Stalemate on Refugee & Asylum Seekers. You can also see their website here. They go through a series of issues and have written up recommendations that you may find helpful when writing your submission.
If you press send without entering any text, here's what will be sent on your behalf:
Dear Committee,
I'm writing to you to express my concerns about our current state of mandatory detention which in my view is expensive, ineffective and inhumane. Here are the four standards that I believe should define our policies for treating asylum seekers:
1. Children should never be held in confinement where they can't move freely. Other than in exceptional circumstances, and in line with the best interests of the child, families should be able to stay together – children should not be separated from family members.
2. Immigration detention should:
be used as a last resort
for the shortest practicable time
be subject to independent (administrative or judicial) review
be subject to independent monitoring and oversight
only be used for the specific purposes of managing genuine risk.
3. Alternatives to immigration detention should be developed, adopted and implemented ASAP.
4. All members of Parliament should commit to improving the public debate and refrain from political point scoring about asylum seeker issues, acknowledging that it is not illegal to seek asylum and that Australia has freely entered into the international obligations contained in the 1951 Refugee Convention and other international instruments.
Dear Committee,
I'm writing to you to express my concerns about our current state of mandatory detention which in my view is expensive, ineffective and inhumane. Here are the four standards that I believe should define our policies for treating asylum seekers:
1. Children should never be held in confinement where they can't move freely. Other than in exceptional circumstances, and in line with the best interests of the child, families should be able to stay together – children should not be separated from family members.
2. Immigration detention should:
3. Alternatives to immigration detention should be developed, adopted and implemented ASAP.
4. All members of Parliament should commit to improving the public debate and refrain from political point scoring about asylum seeker issues, acknowledging that it is not illegal to seek asylum and that Australia has freely entered into the international obligations contained in the 1951 Refugee Convention and other international instruments.