In 2019, the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) published a report on the impact of the Fast Track process and temporary protection on refugees and people seeking asylum, which confirmed that the Fast Track process has inflicted immeasurable harm on refugees and people seeking asylum.9 A heartbreaking aspect addressed in AHRC’s Lives on Hold report looks at the impact of growing up with tra. [...] The domino effect of that is that if the parents aren’t coping, that then impacts the whole entire family, and specifically the children.”10 People seeking asylum and their families, who have been failed by the Fast Track process, want to rebuild their lives in safety and with dignity, and deserve the opportunity to thrive and contribute to their communities. [...] What is the ALP's position on Fast Track? The ALP has long recognised the failures of the Fast Track process and its 2021 platform committed to end the Fast Track process, including abolition of the IAA: “Labor will create an independent Refugee Review Tribunal and abolish the Immigration Assessment Authority. [...] Abolishing the IAA and Fast Track process will not fully remedy the injustice experienced by people exposed to the unfair Fast Track process, in particular for people who no longer have a review process on foot and cannot benefit from the new Tribunal. [...] What is the solution? After seeking asylum for over a decade, living with uncertainty and being separated from their families, the moral and humane response is for the Australian Government to provide a clear and swift pathway to permanent residency for all people seeking asylum impacted by the unfair and cruel Fast Track system.
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