Submission to Legal & Constitutional Affairs Committee re Migration Amendment...
NSWCCL made a submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2021 [Provisions].This is the...
View ArticleDjokovic could leave but many refugees cannot.
As the Djokovic saga ended, the media attention has moved on, but many asylum seekers and refugees remain in detention.Some of these men have spent most of their teenage years detained by the...
View ArticleCovid cases in Villawood Detention Centre
There are currently over 500 detainees in Villawood Immigration Detention Centre. Now that COVID has entered, they are all at risk.
View ArticleSubmission: Ending Indefinite and Arbitrary Immigration Detention Bill 2021
NSWCCL has made a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration Inquiry into the Ending Indefinite and Arbitrary Immigration Detention Bill 2021.In our view, passing the Ending Indefinite and...
View ArticleSix detainees in Villawood have COVID.
The Federal Government is responsible.CCL, and numerous organisations have been warning the Morrison Government of the threat COVID-19 poses to those in detention. These include the Australian Human...
View ArticleEGZ17 must not be sent back to Afghanistan
Remember the pseudonym EJ17.EJ17 is the pseudonym of an ethnic Hazara Shia man, whom the Government, specifically Alex Hawke, wants to be able to send back to the Republic of Afghanistan. A decision...
View ArticleMedia release: Politically motivated Bill is unnecessary & will punish...
The Morrison Government is attempting to push the Strengthening the Character Test Bill through parliament for the fourth time; and it is resorting to political attacks in the attempt to do so. The...
View ArticleTime to review the Immigration Minister's ‘god-like powers’
Now that the dust has settled on the Djokovic saga, it’s time to consider the appropriateness of the Immigration Minister’s remarkable powers in relation to visas and how they are exercised.This isn’t...
View ArticleLetter: the treatment of temporary migrants
Many migrant workers come to Australia to undertake work in order to send money home to support their families. These people’s visa conditions tie them each to a single sponsoring employer, such that...
View ArticleLetter: Strengthening the Character Test Bill
It now seems certain that, without opposition from the ALP, the Migration Act (Strengthening the Character Test) Amendment Bill will pass. We wrote to Kristina Keneally, the Shadow Minister for...
View ArticleSubmission: Modern Slavery
NSWCCL made a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Inquiry into the International Labour Organization Protocol of 2014 to Forced Labour Convention 1930 (No. 29).We strongly support...
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What’s happening to Australia’s refugees?
Inside the Park hotel in Melbourne, Australia and the world saw the stark reality of the nation’s approach to refugees. Cousins Mehdi and Adnan, who fled persecution in Iran as teenagers and have now...
View ArticleAn interesting court case: refugees start with a clean slate following...
A visa holder can have his or her (usually his) visa cancelled if he fails the character test, under section 501 of the Migration Act. One way to fail that test is to be sentenced to imprisonment for...
View ArticleNSWCCL Statement: UN torture prevention body terminates visit to Australia
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has been forced to terminate its suspended visit to Australia signalling to the international community that Australia is shamefully failing in its...
View ArticleSubmission: Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee in regard to...
Update: 9 March 2023 Yesterday Labor the Australian Labor Party joined with the Liberals to vote against the Greens' legislation to evacuate refugees and people seeking asylum from Nauru and PNG to...
View ArticleSubmission: Review of the Migration Amendment (Clarifying International...
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties (‘NSWCCL’) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security regarding its review of the operation,...
View ArticleOpen Letter: Seeking clarification on the absurd decision to cancel...
We think the Department of Home Affairs conduct towards the refugees from Palestine who have had their visas cancelled is outrageous. Not only does conduct like this undermine public confidence in the...
View ArticleOpen letter: Refugees still languishing on PNG - we need answers
We understand that there are approximately 64 refugees remaining in Papua New Guinea, people we put there and have seemingly forgotten. We believe that to say that Australia has fully complied with the...
View ArticleSubmission: Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024
We recommend that the Government bins this repugnant bill and we urge all of our members to take a vocal, immediate stand against it. It attempts to legitimate the exclusion, detention, and...
View ArticleOpen letter: Civil Society joint letter calls on Government to explain poor...
We write as leading civil society organisations, reflecting a broad and diverse membership across Australia, to express our deep concern and disappointment regarding the recent introduction of the...
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