Asylum Seekers turn to Courts despite Pacific solution

The High Court has recently allowed two plaintiffs M61 and M69, to turn to the courts despite the Pacific Soloution. The plaintiffs went to ensure their claims for refugee status were determined according to law. The SMH reported that this is a "blow to the way the federal government has been handling asylum seekers who arrive by boat"

 Pacific solution's aim was to keep asylum seekers arriving by boat out of the migration zone, and therefore, out of the courts. "The Pacific solution tried to make it impossible for asylum seekers arriving in those places to apply for visas as refugees, and to prevent the courts from reviewing their cases." Click here to read more.

This monumental case now questions the validity of keeping Asylum Seekers in East Timor now that asylum seekers off the main-land have the same legal status as those onshore.

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