aug 14, 2011 - Legislation to Allow Offshore Processing of Asylum Seekers in Nauru and Papau New Guinea Passes Both Houses
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The legislation stripped away legal safeguards for asylum seekers subject to offshore processing, including those which led the High Court to rule the Malaysia arrangement invalid. Any asylum seeker who arrived in Australia on or after 13 August 2012 became at risk of being processed offshore.
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