Restrictive covenants and the Torrens system

Esmaeili, Hossein

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“…It does not take one long to find negative representations of asylum seekers in the mass media, usually fed by politicians, even emanating from the Immigration Minister or the Prime Minister's office. 263 The mandatory detention policy has taken a heavy toll: personal (for the mental health and well-being of asylum seekers themselves), 264 social, economic, and legal. It has caused severe schisms within Australian society and made many think seriously about the state of Australian democracy, in that the governing political party can unscrupulously manipulate public opinion for the sake of votes and sacrifice the basic rights of human beings in the process.…”

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“Between a Rock and a Hard Place”: Australia’s Mandatory Detention of Asylum Seekers

Motta¹

2002

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For fourteen years Australia has detained asylum seekers arriving unlawfully in its territory. It also intercepts asylum seekers arriving in the territorial waters, detaining them in third countries and preventing them from seeking refugee status in Australia (the “Pacific Solution”). This paper traces the development of the policy, its current implementation, the justification employed by the government for maintaining it, and its legality under international law. On examination of these issues, it is evident that the justification for the mandatory policy is flawed; that the costs of the policy – in terms of the physical and mental well-being of asylum seekers themselves, and the social and financial impact on the Australian community – are too great, and it puts Australia in breach of its obligations under international law. However, the government has not canvassed alternatives to the mandatory detention policy and has no intention of changing it. This leaves asylum seekers who enter Australian territory unlawfully literally and figuratively between a “rock and hard place.”

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“Between a Rock and a Hard Place”: Australia’s Mandatory Detention of Asylum Seekers

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2002

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Restrictive covenants and the Torrens system

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“Between a Rock and a Hard Place”: Australia’s Mandatory Detention of Asylum Seekers

“Between a Rock and a Hard Place”: Australia’s Mandatory Detention of Asylum Seekers

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