The Australian government announced a dramatic overhaul of immigration policy on Tuesday, which would reduce greatly the number of refugees who face mandatory detention.
"A person who poses no danger to the community will be able to remain in the community while their visa status is resolved," Immigration Minster Chris Evans said in a statement.
The controversial practice of mandatory detention will apply only to those asylum seekers arriving by boat or those considered a risk to national security or other people's health.
Those arriving by boat will be held in detention while undergoing health, identity and security checks.
"The department will have to justify why a person should be detained. And once in detention a detainee's case will be reviewed every three months to ensure that the further detention of the individual is justified," Evans said, adding children will not be detained in an immigration detention center.
Source:Xinhua
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