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Title

Temporary protection of refugees: Australian policy and international comparisons

Author(s)

Mansouri, Fethi;  Leach, Michael

Abstract

The introduction of the TPV in October 1999 created a situation of open discrimination against TPV holders who were specifically excluded from a range of key settlement services. These exclusions have resulted in considerable levels of anguish and hardship for already traumatised asylum seekers, and placed considerable strain on state-funded agencies and community-run services. Separate studies by Mann (2001), and Mansouri & Bagdas (2002) found that the TPV policy has effectively created two classes of refugees; those who were assessed off-shore and granted full settlement services and permanent protection visas (PPV), and those assessed on-shore and granted temporary protection visa with no family reunion and a punitively reduced access to settlement services. As a result, the TPV policy created uncertainty, insecurity, isolation, confusion, a sense of powerlessness and health problems among this class of asylum seekers. In 2001, the Federal Government proceeded to further erode the rights of refugees in Australia by introducing a host of new legislative amendments aimed at making Australia 'less attractive' to potential asylum seekers.

Publication type

Conference paper

Source

Critical perspectives on refugee policy in Australia: proceedings of the Refugee Rights Symposium hosted by the Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Faculty of Arts, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 05 December 2002 / Michael Leach and Fethi Mansouri (eds.), pp. 103-112

Publication year

2003

Keyword(s)

Asylum seekers;  Australia;  Citizenship;  Civil rights;  Government policy;  Immigration;  Legislation;  Mandatory detention;  Refugees;  Temporary Protection Visas;  TPV

Publisher

Deakin University

ISBN

9780730025801, 0730025802

Publisher URL

http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/cchr/rsg/cporpa-contents.php

Copyright

Copyright © 2003 Fethi Mansouri and Michael Leach. Published version of this paper reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.

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