immediate aftermath of Operation 8, to record and measure the impact on
human rights and to identify social recovery and support needs;
a joined-up, early intervention wraparound support response by social sector
Government and non-Government agencies, in association with the independent
agency monitoring human rights impacts, should have been established to
rapidly respond to the immediate and on-going social recovery and support
needs of innocent affected people;
relevant Government agencies should develop contingency plans to ensure rapid
response capability for undertaking impact assessments and delivering early
intervention wraparound support response, to guard against similar situations in
the future.
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The Commission recommends that the Committee encourages the Government to
report to the Committee on what actions it has taken to respond to the
recommendations from the IPCA.
F
Detention of asylum seekers
LOIPR
Please describe the circumstances that warrant the detention of undocumented
migrants, and report on the conditions of such detention. Please also provide
information on the measures taken to ensure that asylum seekers and undocumented
migrants are not detained in correctional facilities together with convicted prisoners.
(Para 16)
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Detention of asylum seekers in New Zealand can occur under two circumstances.
Those arriving at the border are initially held in police custody pending a risk
assessment and court hearing. After the hearing, claimants are either detained at a
prison if identity or security concerns are raised, conditionally released to an
approved address in their community, or held at the Mangere Accommodation
Centre.
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