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This chapter discusses how Australia
has responded to its international obligations with regard to refugee
law and deals with the following areas:
- legislative changes which narrow the meaning of ‘persecution’
in relation to refugees under the Migration Act 1958;
- differential treatment of asylum seekers based on how they arrived
in Australia or apply for protection;
- the Pacific solution, involving arrangements with other Pacific
nations for them to accept asylum seekers and the excision of
territories from the Australian Migration Zone;
- the use of Temporary Protection Visas to limit the rights of
refugees;
- the restrictions on family visa applications for asylum seekers;
- restricting access to the Courts for review of unsuccessful
protection visa applications;
- restricting access to legal advice for asylum seekers;
- the detention of asylum seekers; and
- the case of Mr Al Masri concerning the legality of the detention
of asylum seekers and unsuccessful Protection Visa applicants.
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