The Health Care Consequences Of Australian Immigration Policies

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Sanggaran, John Paul ^a   Haire, Bridget ^b   Zion, Deborah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LAW; REFUGEE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIGRATION; POLICY;

AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; POLICY; REFUGEES;

EID: 84959533908     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001960     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. UNHCR The UN Refugee Agency. Worldwide displacement hits all-time high as war and persecution increase. 18 June 2015 [accessed November 2015]: http://www.unhcr.org/558193896.html
2. Kaldor Legal Centre, University of New South Wales [Factsheet]. Turning back boats. 26 February 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/publication/%E2%80%98turning-back-boats%E2%80%99
3. United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, [accessed November 2015]. http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/index.html
4. United Nations. Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment Adopted by General Assembly resolution 43/173 of 9 December 1988. [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/DetentionOrImprisonment.aspx
5. Sanggaran JP, Zion D, Call for Australia's ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, Med J Aust2015; 202 [11]: 561–562. 26068675
6. Hatch P, Ireland J, Booker C. Royal Children's Hospital doctors refuse to return children to detention. The Age. 2015 11 October [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/royal-childrens-hospital-doctors-refuse-to-return-children-to-detention-20151010-gk63xm.html#ixzz3rF6uRGaa
7. International Dual Loyalty Working Group [Physicians for Human Rights and the School of Public Health and Primary Healthcare, University of Capetown]. Dual loyalty and human rights in health professional practice: Proposed guidelines and institutional mechanisms. 2002 [cited 15 November 2015]. https://s3.amazonaws.com/PHR_Reports/dualloyalties-2002-report.pdf
8. Parliament of Australia, Department of Parliamentary services. Health care for asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island. 28 June 2013 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/BN/2012-2013/AsylumSeekersHealthCare#_Toc360169571
9. Christmas Island Medical Officers’ Letter of concern [case studies and names redacted].The Guardian. 13 Jan 2014 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2014/jan/13/christmas-island-doctors-letter-of-concern-in-full
10. Sanggaran JP, Ferguson GM, Haire BG, Ethical challenges for doctors working in immigration detention, Med J Aust2014; 201 [7]: 377–37825296049
11. The Australian Human Rights Commission. The Forgotten Children:National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention, 2014 [accessed November 2015]: https://www.humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/document/publication/forgotten_children_2014.pdf
12. Farrell P. Officer disciplined for calling asylum seekers by numbers instead of names. The Guardian. 30 October 2013 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/30/officer-disciplined-for-calling-asylum-seekers-by-numbers-instead-of-names
13. Jabour B, Farrell P and Evershed N. ‘Significant risks’ to health of asylum seekers in firm’s failure to meet targets. The Guardian. 2015 21 July [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jul/21/significant-risks-to-health-of-asylum-seekers-in-firms-failure-to-meet-targets
14. Parliament of Australia, Migration Amendment [Protection and Other Measures] Act 2015. April 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2015A00035
15. Farnsworth S. Proposed powers allow guards 'to beat asylum seekers in detention to death', former judge says. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.17 April 2015[cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-16/former-judge-says-new-powers-authorise-killing-with-impunity/6398958
16. Parliament of Australia. Australian Border Force Bill 2015. May 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r5408
17. Newhouse G. New Laws Criminalise Recording information and Whistle-blowing. Shine lawyers. 2015 [cited 15 November 2015] http://www.julianburnside.com.au/whatsinside/uploads/2015/07/Criminalising-whistleblowing-under-the-ABF-Act.pdf
18. Australian Medical Association, AMA code of ethics 2004. Editorially revised 2006 [cited 15 November 2015]. https://ama.com.au/position-statement/ama-code-ethics-2004-editorially-revised-2006
19. Australian Medical Association. [AMA Position Statement]. Position Statement on Medical Professionalism. 2010 [cited 15 November 2015]. https://ama.com.au/sites/default/files/documents/Medical_Professionalism.pdf
20. Ludlam S. Border Force 2nd reading speech. Australian Parliament Hansard. 14 June 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=BillId_Phrase%3A%22r5408%22%20Dataset%3Ahansardr,hansards%20Title%3A%22second%20reading%22;rec=0
21. Farrell P. Journalists reporting on asylum seekers referred to Australian police. The Guardian. 22 Jan 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/22/journalists-reporting-on-asylum-seekers-referred-to-australian-police
22. Whyte S. Greens demand Peter Dutton apologise over Sarah Hanson-Young being spied on. The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 June 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/greens-demand-peter-dutton-apologise-over-sarah-hansonyoung-being-spied-on-20150610-ghks37.html
23. OM J. Hamid Khazaei: Rare bacterial infection killed Iranian asylum seeker detained on Manus Island. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 October Apr 2014 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-04/iranian-asylum-seeker-died-of-rare-infection/5790364
24. Corbett E, Gunasekera H, Maycock A, Isaacs I, Australia's treatment of refugee and asylum seeker children: the views of Australian paediatricians. Med J Aust2014; 201 [7]: 393–398. 25296060
25. Rollins A. Doctors ‘obliged’ to speak out on asylum seeker health, Australian Medicine. 4 August 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. https://ama.com.au/sites/default/files/ausmed/Australia_Medicine_03_August_2015.pdf
26. Bradley M. Border Force Act: why do we need these laws?. The Drum, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 July 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-16/bradley-border-force-act:-why-do-we-need-these-laws/6623376
27. Vagg M. Why doctors won’t cop legislated silence. The Conversation. 29 June 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. https://theconversation.com/why-doctors-wont-cop-legislated-silence-43993
28. Rollins A. World medical leader join condemnation of detention centre gag laws. Australian Medicine, 3 July 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. https://ama.com.au/ausmed/world-medical-leaders-join-condemnation-detention-centre-gag-laws
29. Open letter on the Border Force Act. The Guardian. 1 July 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jul/01/open-letter-on-the-border-force-act-we-challenge-the-department-to-prosecute
30. Sedghi S. Border force ACT could see immigration detention centre workers jailed for whistleblowing. The World Today. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 July 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-30/detention-centre-workers-face-imprisonment-for-whistleblowing/6584392
31. Bourke, L. Manus Island riot: Independent report by Robert Cornall details deadly detention centre violence. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 26 May 2014 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-26/scott-morrison-releases-review-into-manus-island-riot/5478170
32. Méndez J. Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.Human Rights Council, Twenty-eighth session. Agenda item 3. Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development. United Nations. 6 March 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/RegularSessions/Session28/Documents/A_HRC_28_68_Add.1_AV.doc
33. Gordon M and Whyte S. Defiant Gillian Triggs resists pressure from Abbott government to resign. Sydney Morning Herald. 25 Feb 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/defiant-gillian-triggs-resists-pressure-from-abbott-government-to-resign-20150225-13npiq.html
34. Stop using ‘illegal’ label: 138 groups appeal to PM, Refugee Council of Australia. Nov 2013 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/n/mr/131106_Not_illegal.pdf
35. Laughland O. Australian government targets asylum seekers with graphic campaign. The Guardian.11 Feb 2014 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/11/government-launches-new-graphic-campaign-to-deter-asylum-seekers
36. Evershed N. Mandatory immigration detention is a billion-dollar business—analysis. The Guardian. 25 Aug 2014 [cited 15 November 2015]. www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/aug/25/-sp-mandatory-immigration-detention-is-a-billion-dollar-business-analysis
37. Hanson-Young S. Migration Amendment [Regional Processing Arrangements] Bill 2015. Australian Parliament Hansard. 25 June 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansards%2F99c8aee1-aa1b-48da-8cdc-593fed2e4d62%2F0275;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2F99c8aee1-aa1b-48da-8cdc-593fed2e4d62%2F0307%22;rec=0
38. Joint Statement from Australia's peak health professional bodies. Children in detention: a Joint Statement from Australia's peak health professional bodies, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. 18 March 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.racgp.org.au/yourracgp/news/media-releases/children-in-detention/
39. Roberts G. Indonesian police documents detail boat turn-back and alleged payments to people smuggling crew. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 June 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-17/indonesian-documents-detail-boat-turnback-and-alleged-payments/6551472
40. Australia’s Peak Health Bodies. A Joint statement: Call for Australia’s ratification of the OPCAT. October 2015 [cited 15 November 2015]. http://www.acrrm.org.au/docs/default-source/documents/the-college-at-work/joint_statement_opcat.pdf?sfvrsn=2