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Report into referred immigration cases: Children in detention
In 2005 and 2006 the Australian government referred to the Commonwealth Ombudsman the cases of 247 persons who had been detained by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) and later released on the basis that they could not be detained any longer as an unlawful non-citizen. This office agreed to investigate and report...
Report
Report into referred immigration cases: mental health and incapacity
In 2005 and 2006 the Australian government referred to the Commonwealth Ombudsman the cases of 247 persons who had been detained by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) and later released on the basis that they could not be detained any longer as an unlawful non-citizen. This office agreed to investigate and report...