Bill
Ending Indefinite and Arbitrary Immigration Detention Bill 2021
lapsed, as at 2021-10-19. (s) WILKIE, Andrew, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Andrew Wilkie
- Portfolio
- (s) WILKIE, Andrew, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-02-22
- second reading — 2021-02-22
- other — 2021-10-19
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2021-02-22.
This bill would make immigration detention for non-citizens and refugees a last resort, requiring it to be lawful, necessary, proportionate and for the shortest possible time.
It would ban mandatory detention, require independent monitoring of detention facilities, and subject all decisions to independent oversight and prompt review.
The bill would implement several international human rights treaties into domestic law, including the Refugee Convention and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
- Alternatives to detention would almost always be used instead of detention.
- Mandatory detention would be made illegal.
- Reasons, time frames, communication and services in detention would be clearly outlined and independently monitored.
Non-citizens and refugees in immigration detention.
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