The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security has commenced a review into amendments made to the Migration Act 1958 (Migration Act) by Schedule 1 of the Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Act 2021 (CIOR Act).

Schedule 1 of the CIOR Act amended provisions of the Migration Act relating to protection visas. The amendments aimed to clarify that the Migration Act does not authorise the involuntary removal of a non-citizen to a country where a protection finding has been made in relation to the non-citizen with respect to that country. The amendments also require the Minister, in considering a protection visa application, to consider and make a record of whether Australia has any protection obligations in relation to the person.

Paragraph 29(1)(cf) of the Intelligence Services Act 2001 requires the Committee to commence a review of the operation, effectiveness and implications of the amendments made by Schedule 1 of the CIOR Act, by the second anniversary of the commencement of the CIOR Act.

The Committee commenced a review in May 2023, which has resumed in order to complete the work of the previous inquiry.
The Committee is not currently accepting submissions.