Labor and the Greens have expressed “grave concerns” over a wide-ranging asylum bill, after a government-dominated Senate committee recommended it be passed late on Monday night. The resolving the asylum seeker caseload bill seeks to: reintroduce temporary protection visas (TPVs) and the creation of safe haven enterprise visa (Shev) redefine who is eligible for refugee status allow authorities to take detained vessels or persons anywhere in the world regardless of international or domestic law circumvent review by the refugee review tribunal (RRT) by introducing non-contestable fast-track processing systems give infants born in Australia to parents seeking asylum the same status as their parents make certain elements of international law irrelevant in some circumstances The Legal and Constitutional Affairs committee, which features three Coalition members, recommended adopting the bill but called for it to be reviewed after three years.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:05:50 +0000
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