Australia: Parliamentary Report: Community-based alternatives to detention

On Monday 25 May 2009, the Joint Standing Committee on Migration tabled its report entitled Immigration detention in Australia: Community-based alternatives to detention. This is the second report of a series of three against the inquiry’s terms of reference. The inquiry is ongoing and a subsequent report will be tabled in 2009. The report includes IDC testimony on the benefits of alternatives to the detention of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants.

Click here to download the Joint Parliamentary Committee in Migrations’ Report on Community-based alternatives to detention.

Thursday, June 4th, 2009