Australia's Human Rights Commissioner has called for the 'urgent' and 'immediate' release of immigration detainees in line with recommendations of peak medical bodies advising the federal government on their response to COVID-19.
"We continue to follow the advice of the Department of Health and other health officials.
Most were medically evacuated from offshore processing facilities on Manus island in Papua New Guinea or Nauru - and some have been detained for up to 10 months in Australia, and up to seven years since landing on Christmas Island.Hundreds of experts sign open letter calling for release of prisoners to avoid coronavirus deaths
The Australian Human Rights Commission has oversight of detention facilities under the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture treaty signed by Australia in 2017. One guard employed by contractor Serco in Brisbane tested positive last month but Home Affairs said there was no transmissions to detainees at Kangaroo Point APOD, or the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation at the airport."It is not just the people who are detained, it's also the fact that many of the people who work in immigration detention facilities, they don’t sleep on site.
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