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To mark International Women’s Day, the National Advocacy Group on Women on Temporary Visas Experiencing Violence (the ‘National Advocacy Group’) calls for reform to the migration system to advance Australia’s commitment to ending gendered violence in a generation. The migration system currently provides a safety net for some temporary migrants who experience domestic and family…
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE – THE AUSTRALIA INSTITUTE AND IMMIGRATION ADVICE AND RIGHTS CENTRE Over 30,000 people from Pacific Island nations and Timor Leste work in Australia on temporary visas as part of the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) visa scheme, which a new report calls “a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery”. The report…
The Immigration Advice and Rights Centre welcomes reforms introduced by the Federal Government that will significantly improve migrant worker rights in Australia. The changes include two new pilots which launched this week – a Workplace Justice Visa and regulations to strengthen protections against visa cancellation for workers who report exploitation. “Every day we speak to…
Despite significant calls to recognise the urgency of women’s safety as a national priority, the Federal Budget measures announced last week are an inadequate response to a growing national crisis. Australia’s migration system continues to put women at risk of violence. Perpetrators use visa status as a threat to keep women in violent relationships. Visa…
State and Federal Governments must take action on domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) now and commit to funding services that assist victim-survivors to leave or recover from unsafe relationships. The Immigration Advice and Rights Centre (IARC) is having to turn away women experiencing DFSV every week, due to increased demand and funding cuts to…
The Federal Government’s migration strategy will help improve a broken, neglected system that allowed migrants to be exploited in Australia. “For too long migrants have been afraid to speak up about unfair pay, exploitation and unsafe conditions at work,” Principal Solicitor Joshua Strutt said. “They have faced systemic exploitation in Australia due to the lack…
The Immigration Advice and Rights Centre says the bridging visa conditions passed through parliament overnight, in response to the High Court’s ruling on indefinite detention, limit freedom and human rights. “The new laws are shameful and unjust. It’s outrageous to single out a group of people and place conditions on them that are so oppressive,…
The Immigration Advice and Rights Centre (IARC) supports a review into the mechanism that forces migrant families to leave Australia because they don’t meet certain health requirements. “A review into the significant costs threshold for visa health requirements is long overdue. The current threshold test is discriminatory and morally wrong,” IARC’s Principal Solicitor Joshua Strutt…