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As indicated by a comparison of the issues raised in the documents referred to above.
107
For example, interviews and assessments conducted by the Commission in November 2015 with
children and families who had been subject to third country processing in Nauru revealed high levels
of trauma and developmental risk amongst these children. See Elizabeth Elliott and Hasantha
Gunasekera, The health and well-being of children in immigration detention: Report to the Australian
Human Rights Commission – Monitoring Visit to Wickham Point Detention Centre, Darwin, NT
(Australian Human Rights Commission, 2016). At https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/asylumseekers-and-refugees/publications/health-and-well-being-children-immigration (viewed 29 August
2016).
108
See Fethi Mansouri and Stephanie Cauch, ‘The psychological impact of extended temporary
protection’ (2006) 23 (2) Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees 81; Shakeh Momartin et al, ‘A
comparison of the mental health of refugees with temporary versus permanent protection visas’ (2006)
185 (7) Medical Journal of Australia 357; Zachary Steel et al, ‘Two year psychosocial and mental
health outcomes for refugees subjected to restrictive or supportive immigration policies’ (2011) 72
Social Science and Medicine 1149.
109
For example, family visa applications lodged by permanent visa holders who arrived in Australia by
boat receive the lowest processing priority. See Department of Immigration and Border Protection,
Fact sheet – Processing priorities for family stream migration (n.d.). At
https://www.border.gov.au/about/corporate/information/fact-sheets/37processing (viewed 29 August
2016).
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Australian Government, National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking and Slavery 2015-2019
(Attorney-General’s Department, 2015). At
https://www.ag.gov.au/CrimeAndCorruption/HumanTrafficking/Pages/Australias-response-to-humantrafficking.aspx (viewed 29 August 2016).
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This visa framework reforms included: making it available for survivors of slavery and slavery-like
practices; enabling recipients to maintain their lawful status; waiving the Newly Arrived Resident’s
Waiting Period, which enables recipients to access English classes, social security payments and
other services.
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