New Migration Bill Lacks Protection for Deported Non-Citizens: Refugee Groups

New Australian laws allows the government to pay other countries to accept those non-citizens.

Security guards patrol the grounds near rolls of razor wire at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 9, 2005. Ian Waldie/Getty Images

Refugee advocacy groups have raised concerns about the lack of safeguards to protect asylum seekers who are deported to another country other than their own under new law changes.

This comes as the Labor government is pushing for the passing of the Migration Amendment Bill 2024 to fill security loopholes after a High Court’s decision in 2023 resulted in the release of over 200 detained asylum seekers into the community.