Alternatives to Immigration Detention

Immigration detention and health.

ike all rich nations, Australia has experienced an increase in people crossing its national borders without the documents authorising them to do so. Since 1992, Australia has had a policy of mandatory detention for these people. About a third of the people in immigration detention are asylum seekers who are requesting sanctuary under the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of ...

Living with Uncertainty: Indefinite Immigration Detention

Immigration detention is a central tenet of the British government’s response to immigration but remains under-theorised in academia. This article uses testimonies drawn from anthropological research conducted with detainees at an Immigration Removal Centre to examine lived experiences of immigration detention and explore the relationships between detainees and the British state. It suggests th...

Submission to National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention from

Is the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Working?

The Orange County Probation Department has launched an aggressive multi-agency initiative aimed at reforming juvenile detention guidelines by offering alternatives to traditional detention. The vehicle for reform is the innovative, evidence-based Risk Assessment Instrument (RAI) point system of the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative (JDAI), a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The...

Should doctors boycott working in Australia's immigration detention centres?

In The BMJ this week, two experts debate whether doctors should boycott working in Australia's immigration detention centres. Dr David Berger at Broome Hospital in Western Australia, argues that however compassionate their intentions, " doctors who treat people who have been tortured and then acquiesce in the continuation of torture themselves are supporting torture. " On the other hand, Profes...