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The record rate of unauthorised and unsafe boat arrivals on Australian shores has further fuelled the longstanding asylum seeker debate and prompted the federal government to seek an effective solution to a seemingly intractable border control problem. The government's recent policy backdown which resulted in the reintroduction of offshore processing for asylum seekers while at the same increasing the annual refugee intake, has drawn both praise and condemnation. Should Australia 'turn back the boats' of the so-called 'queue jumpers' to deter the unsafe and unscrupulous practices of people smu

1. Preventive detention : background, history and practice -- 2. The right to personal liberty in international human rights law as a legal framework for the consideration of state preventive detention laws -- 3. The preventive detention of suspected terrorists pursuant to a state of emergency in international human rights law -- 4. Legitimate and illegitimate purposes of preventive detention -- 5. The way forward : a model law for the detention of suspected terrorists within a criminal law framework -- 6. Conclusions as to the preventive detention of suspected terrorists in international law.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter one What Does It Mean to Be "In the System" ? -- Chapter two How Are Teens Sentenced to Juvenile Detention ? -- Chapter three What Are the Different Types of Juvenile Detention Facilities ? -- Chapter four What Is It Like in Juvenile Detention ? -- Chapter five What Happens After Leaving Juvenile Detention ? -- Glossary -- For More Information -- For Further Reading -- Index

The only text to provide a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the law relating to immigration detention, this book also provides exploration of issues that are yet to be thoroughly examined in domestic jurisprudence, such as the effect of recent case law of the European Court of Human Rights and Court of Justice of the European Union.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Securing Borders -- 1 Overview and Orientations -- 2 Detention at the Celebrity Inn -- 3 Reframing Discretion -- 4 From Purity to Security -- 5 Floods and Frauds -- 6 Risky Refugees -- 7 Discretion, Dangerousness, and National Security -- 8 Criminals First -- 9 Risk-Smart Borders -- 10 Conclusion -- Appendix Canadian Immigration Ministries ( 1949- 2004) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.