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Previously the Government has changed the Migration Act when Courts have held that the law was not to the liking of the Government. This week's judgment in favour of Dr Haneef — and the ourcome of the appeal — could be a very significant case in Australian jurisprudence.
The director of a new Australian film on the migration experience depicts the resilience of childhood. He also aims to evoke from his audience a degree of compassion for a difficult, struggling mother.
Under Section 501 of the Migration Act, you can be told: 'you fail the character test, please respond, but we cannot tell you what are the accusations against you'. Dr Mohammed Haneef has experienced the worst case scenario.
Terrorism involves the ancient crime of murder. Dr Mohamed Haneef is not charged with murdering anyone, nor involvement in any murder. The ministerial prerogative exercised by Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews should not exist.
Even the skeptics are accepting that climate change is with us. Yet the impact of climate change on the movement of people around the world – usually the poorest – is almost entirely absent from public debate.
Migration hurdles
Migration hurdles #2
David Manne is coordinator and principal solicitor at the Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre in Melbourne.
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