ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

PERSECTUTION // CONFLICT // ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE // DEVELOPMENT TRAVEL TO AUSTRALIA

APPLY TO LIVE AND WORK AS PERMANENT RESIDENTS

Check points Gather documents Prepare documents Check occupation Skills Assessment Eligibility for Visa

Submit expression of interest

Pay a fee for the check Results are valid one year

Organise health checks

60 days from date of invitation

Apply for a Visa

Processing time from 6-10 months

Visa processed

MIGRANTS

REFUGEES

ASYLUM SEEKERS

OFFSHORE PROCESSING (RESETTLEMENT)

Invited to apply for Visa

CHRISTMAS ISLAND

MANUS ISLAND

NAURU

Denied opportunity to settle in Australia, thus waiting for processing and approval

28 days to leave the country or have the decision reviewed

Rejected

Apply by sponsorship, through an eligible person or self-nomination in limited circumstances, depending on the visa sought

Approved

Citizenship test

Assessment by Australian Immigration Officials

Citizenship interview

Successful applicants are granted permission to enter Australia (usually under a Permanent Protection Visa)

Unsuccessful aplicants remain where they are

Ceremony and Permanent citizen of Australia

ONSHORE PROCESSING (ASYLUM)

Returned to country of origin or turned back at sea

Arrive at Australia

MANUS ISLAND NAURU

Authorities conduct Identity Screening

Unauthorised arrival on Mainland

CHRISTMAS ISLAND

Authorised arrival Pre-transfer Assessments

Mandatory detention

Non-statutory refugee determination process

Successful applicants granted visa

Mandatory detention

Remain in community

Refugee status determination under Migration Act 1958, which guarantees full review rights and accountability mechanisms

Unsuccessful applicants sent back to country of origin

Successful applicants granted visa

Unsuccessful applicants have 28 days to depart if they reside in the community. Applicants in detention are sent back to their country

NAURU REGIONAL PROCESSING CENTRE

MANUS REGIONAL PROCESSING CENTRE

CHRISTMAS ISLAND IMMIGRATION RECEPTION AND PROCESSING CENTRE

Operated by Broad-Spectrum on behalf of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Australia

Operated by Broad-Spectrum on behalf of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, Australia

Managed by the Australian Government

September 2001 Established to house 800 asylum seekers $20 million pledged by the Australian Government

October 2001 The Centre was established becoming one of two Offshoring Processing Centres

2001 Established in Phosphate Hill

December 2001 Centre capacity increased to house 1200 asylum seekers $10 million added to the pledge

2003 The centre was closed

2002 The Australian Government planned to build the centre to house 1200 asylum seekers

2004 Centre reopened for operation

Mid 2002 The Australian Government tendered the project out to be built

2008 Centre was closed by the Rudd Government

2003 Capacity of the centre was decresed from 1200 to 800

2012 The Centre reopened, from the amount of boats trying to arrive to Australia

2008 The Project was completed by Baulderstone in 2008 and cost a total of $208 million dollars

January 2014 Highest point of asylum seekers was recorded at 1353

2009 Capacity of the centre was increased from 1200 to 1800

April 2016 Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea annouced the centre would be closed

2010 The capacity was increased once again to house 2040

October 2016 The Offshoring Centre was officially closed

Late 2010 Capacity increased once again to 2200 and again to 2300

November 2017 Papua New Guinea police moved in to the centre to move the asylum seekers along to leave

April 2011 A total of 2208 people were recorded in the detention centre

December 2017 742 asylum seekers held in the processing centre

2013 2960 people were in detention

2017 $25,000 incentives were given to asylum seekers that would return to their countries by the Australian Government

2014 The number of asylum seekers held in the centre was recorded at 1077

December 2003 One month hunger strike

December 2007 Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, decided the centre had no use, so the centre was closed immediately

August 2012 Centre reopened to divert Asylum seekers to PNG

Mid 2015 Asylum seekers housed in the centre were given freedom to move around freely on the Island

Mid 2016 Australia negotiated a deal with the USA Obama Government to relocate asylum seekers there

September 2017 369 asylum seekers held on the Island