The Morrison government has gained the numbers in Parliament to impose new controls on refugees who are transferred to New Zealand from offshore detention auspol
The Morrison government has gained the numbers in Parliament to impose new controls on refugees who are transferred to New Zealand from offshore detention, clearing a potential obstacle to eventual resettlement.
Senator Jacqui Lambie said she would support the lifetime ban on any travel to Australia for refugees resettled in NZ.Prime Minister Scott Morrison raised the need for the lifetime ban one year ago when canvassing options to resettle refugees in New Zealand, but a disagreement with Labor resulted in the bill being deferred.
While the government may not accept Labor's conditions on the lifetime ban bill, it may not need Labor in light of the support from the Senate crossbench if it chose to bring the bill to a vote when Parliament resumes next year.
"Through this legislation we send a very clear message to all the parties concerned that Australia will never be an option for people who seek to come here illegally by boat. And we need the bipartisan support of the Labor Party," he said on October 30, 2016. The conditions are the "guaranteed acceptance" of the refugees in New Zealand, the restriction of the lifetime ban to the cohort resettled in New Zealand and limiting the legislation to the Special Category subclass 444 visa so it would be similar to a resettlement agreement with the United States.
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