Recommendation 241
- Department of Home Affairs
The Australian Government is committed to a managed and equitable system of migration, consistent with our international obligations and respect for the human rights of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Australia respects and complies with its non-refoulement obligations.
Australia engages actively with domestic and international organisations, including the UNHCR, the International Organization on Migration (IOM), and civil society organisations on a range of migration related matters. The Australian Government's engagement, through a combination of high-level and informal consultations, allows Australia to engage with these stakeholders on issues of concern, and work with them to pursue shared objectives. Australia considers all recommendations made by the UN human rights treaty bodies, the UNHCR and Special Procedures.
The Australian Government remains committed to efforts that strengthen regional frameworks on irregular migration and human trafficking, including through the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime. The Regional Support Office of the Bali Process (RSO), established in 2012 and located in Bangkok, works with UNHCR and other relevant organisations to support 45 Bali Process member States to address irregular migration and improve border management and refugee protection, through capacity building, training, exchange of best practice, sharing technical resources and joint projects. The Australian Government's $50 million flagship programme, the Australia-Asia Program to Combat Trafficking in Persons 2013-18 builds on ten years of Australian Government effort to strengthen national and regional criminal justice responses to trafficking in South East Asia.