Teal MP Kylea Tink is tabling a bill to cap immigration detention at 90 days as advocates call for the evacuation of asylum seekers in offshore detention.
Independent MP Kylea Tink is pushing a bill that would make it illegal for the Australian government to detain asylum seekers for more than 90 days and to place any children in detention centres. She is reintroducing the bill on Monday amid what she described as an alarming increase in the number of people being held for indefinite duration in expensive and secretive offshore facilities.
In a landmark decision in November the High Court ruled that non-citizens could not be kept in indefinite immigration detention, leading to the release of some 150 detainees since. Tink's bill clarifies that once a person has been held for 90 days, their detention can be extended by a further 28 days if deemed necessary as a last resort. She said that is a practical solution for the Administrative Review Tribunal to assess applications.
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