Newspaper article
Biloela family to be released into community detention - what happens now?
The Conversation (Australia Edition)
15/06/2021
Abstract
Federal immigration minister Alex Hawke has exercised his power to allow the Murugappan family from Biloela to live in the Perth community.
The Tamil asylum seeker family was previously held in an “alternative place of detention” (APOD) on Christmas Island. Residence determination, also known as “community detention”, was introduced in 2005 an alternative to held detention. As of April 2021, there were 536 people in community detention, including 181 children.
Details
- Title
- Biloela family to be released into community detention - what happens now?
- Authors/Creators
- M. A. Kenny - Murdoch University, School of Law and CriminologyN. Procter - University of South Australia
- Publication Details
- The Conversation (Australia Edition)
- Publisher
- SyndiGate Media Inc
- Identifiers
- 991005552964907891
- Copyright
- © 2021 The Conversation Media Group Ltd
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Law and Criminology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Newspaper article
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