InfoAlert: Cap the time asylum seekers spend in detention?

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Friday, March 30, 2012

Cap the time asylum seekers spend in detention?

Refugee advocates are supporting a parliamentary inquiry's recommendation to impose a time limit on how long asylum seekers can be held in detention.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-30/refugee-council-backs-90-day-detention-limit/3924390

A federal inquiry into Australia's immigration detention centres has made 30 recommendations, including capping the time asylum seekers spend in detention to 90 days.