Second Reading Speeches

Migration Amendment (Duration of Detention) Bill 2004

Type
Government
Portfolio
Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Not Proceeding
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Migration Act 1958
to further clarify that an unlawful non-citizen must be kept in immigration detention unless a court finally determines that the detention is unlawful or that the detainee is not an unlawful non-citizen. Also contains an application provision.

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