Annual Report 2014-15

anges for asylum Seekers
to 30 June 2015
18 April 2015
The burden of proof for
establishing protection
obligations falls on asylum
seekers and allows decisionmakers
to draw an unfavourable
inference where new claims or
evidence is introduced later.
A heightened emphasis is placed
on providing identity documents
and visas can be refused where
refugees deliberately destroyed
documents.
Family members of refugees with
an existing protection visa can
no longer apply for a protection
visa on the basis that they are a
member of the same family unit.
19 May 2015
At a community liaison meeting
with the RRT, the Department
confirmed that the bar lift period
will be indefinite.
16 June 2015
Asylum seekers seeking
extensions of time to lodge
TPV applications outside of the
requested 28 days are threatened
with cancellation of their bridging
visas and detention for noncompliance
with conditions to
“co-operate with all reasonable
requests” from the Department.
May 2015
The Minister starts lifting the bar
for asylum seekers who arrived by
boat on or after 13 August 2012
and before 1 January 2014, and
who have never been to Nauru or
Manus Island. Applications are
requested to be lodged within 28
days.
15 June 2015
The Department indicated it
will not process Freedom of
Information (FOI) applications for
maritime arrivals unless they are
submitted by people who arrived
within a certain date range
1 July 2015
The Refugee Review Tribunal
amalgamates into the
Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
SHEV applications become
possible at law.
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