Program: Radio National Breakfast. In a landmark ruling, the UN's Human Rights Committee has ruled that Australia remained responsible for people seeking asylum, including those who came by boat - who the government then sent to so-called regional processing centres in PNG and Nauru. The committee says Australia violated human rights protecting against arbitrary detention and the right to challenge detention in court. Australia has used "offshore processing" for asylum seekers attempting to read Australia by boat since Download the ABC listen app to text and call your favourite live radio.
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. Program: UN human rights watchdog condemns Australia's offshore processing policy. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.
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