5 ways to tackle Australia’s backlog of asylum cases
- Written by Daniel Ghezelbash, Professor and Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
People who apply for asylum in Australia face significant delays in having their claims processed. These delays undermine the integrity of the asylum system, erode public confidence and cause significant distress to people seeking asylum.
There are, at the time of writing, 28,691 applications for a protection visa awaiting a decision at the...
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