Membership

1. All people seeking asylum to be treated with compassion, justice and in accordance with Australia’s international obligations.

2. People seeking asylum within Australia should have the right to have their application for refugee status assessed in Australia, under the Australian legal system.

3. All people seeking asylum should be accommodated in government run assessment centres within Australia. When a formal application for Refugee status has been made, security, health and identity checks should ideally be completed as soon as possible, and no longer than 90 days, and if satisfactorily completed, people seeking asylum should be free to move out of reception centres and to stay in supportive communities.

4. A significant component of the Annual Migration Program should include people on Humanitarian Grounds.