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Recommendations

No Recommendation Response Issue Population group
241 Closely cooperate with the UNHCR and other relevant organizations to provide more adequate protection and proper treatment of asylum seekers and refugees

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Accepts Immigration and border protection, International engagement and assistance Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
242 Take under consideration making Australia's migration and humanitarian policies more flexible with a view to a larger reception of migrants and refugees

Accepts Immigration and border protection Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
243 Improve conditions of reception and detention of refugees and migrants in accordance with international standards

Accepts Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention, Conditions in detention Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
244 Treat appropriately all the refugees, migrants and asylum seekers who have reached the Australian shores, to effectively safeguard their human rights

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Accepts Immigration and border protection Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
245 Review its immigration laws and policies and ensure compliance with its international obligations, especially regarding the rights of children

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Accepts Immigration and border protection, Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children
246 Review current immigration policies so to improve the rights of refugees and asylum seekers

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Accepts Immigration and border protection Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
247 Ensure refugee/asylum-seekers get their rights

Accepts Immigration and border protection Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
248 Ensure all children of asylum seekers are protected

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Accepts Immigration and border protection Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children
249 Continue to respect the Rights of asylum-seekers and refugees despite the difficulties

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Accepts Immigration and border protection Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
250 Review legislation on migration and refugee status

Accepts Immigration and border protection, Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
251 Make every effort to guarantee the human rights of asylum seekers, bearing in mind international obligations

Accepts Immigration and border protection Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
252 Ensure that the issues of asylum seekers and refugees are addressed in line with the principles of the Bali Process, and Australia's other human rights and humanitarian obligations

Accepts Immigration and border protection, Human trafficking Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
253 Ensure that Australia lives up to its international obligations regarding asylum seekers and refugees

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Accepts Immigration and border protection Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
254 Continue to ensure transparency and accountability in all procedures related to its treatment of refugees and asylum seekers

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Accepts Immigration and border protection Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
255 Ensure that no child is detained on the basis of his/her immigration status

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Accepts Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children
256 Remove children and their families and other individuals at risk, in particular survivors of torture and trauma, from immigration detention centres

Accepts Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children
257 Cease the detention of children in immigration detention centres

Accepts Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children
258 Immediately end the mandatory detention of migrant children and ensure that the best interests of the children are respected

Accepts Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children
259 Develop alternative solutions to mandatory detention of asylum seekers, particularly in the case of children

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Accepts Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children
260 Repeal provisions which establish compulsory detention for those who enter the country in an irregular manner

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Notes (will not consider further at this time) Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
261 Immediately halt mandatory detention of asylum seeker children

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Accepts Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children
262 Repeal the provisions establishing the mandatory detention of persons entering its territory irregularly

Notes (will not consider further at this time) Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
263 End the policy of mandatory detention for all unauthorized arrivals, ensure that detention is only applied as a last resort, establish statutory time limits for detention and ensure access to an effective judicial remedy to review the necessity of detention

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Notes (will not consider further at this time) Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
264 Review its national migration and asylum policies with a view to bring them in line with the Convention against Torture as well as the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly with regard to conditions of detention

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Accepts Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention, Conditions in detention Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children
265 Ensure that conditions of detention are in line with international norms and standards in particular the detention of migrants and asylum seekers

Accepts Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention, Conditions in detention Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
266 Take practical measures to cease the maltreatment of and violence against the refugees, including sexual violence by the officials in detention centres

Accepts Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention, Conditions in detention, Violence, abuse and mistreatment Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
267 Allow human rights organisations full access to detention centres

Accepts Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention, Civil society and National Human Rights Institutions Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
268 Allow access to independent observers to centres of detention of migrants which are outside of the Australian territory

Notes (will not consider further at this time) Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention, Civil society and National Human Rights Institutions Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
269 Ensure full compliance with its international obligations regarding the right of asylum seekers and refugees by expediting the processing of applications by asylum seekers at the various processing centres

Accepts Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
270 Ensure that asylum seekers claims are processed in accordance with the UN Refugee Convention and that detention occurs only when necessary, for a minimal period, and that access to judicial oversight of detention is ensured

Notes Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers