plan to charge fees for immigration detention has no redeeming features
- Written by Michelle Peterie, Research Fellow, University of Sydney
Some people in immigration detention could be asked to pay for their own incarceration, as part of a new border protection policy announced by the Coalition on Friday.
The government has indicated “foreign criminals” awaiting deportation will be the main targets of the policy. This is an ambiguous statement given the government’s...
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