Editing Australian migration zone (section)

==Effect on unauthorised arrivals==
{{main|Asylum in Australia}}
The Australian government claims that in the excised areas Australia has no obligation to grant [[asylum seekers]] a visa to settle permanently in Australia (as opposed to temporary protection). The main objective of excising areas from the Australian migration zone is to limit access of unauthorised arrivals to review by Australian courts. Asylum seekers who land in an excised area may only apply for [[refugee]] status with the [[UNHCR]]. 

The Acts also included the powers to move unauthorised arrivals to another country where their claim for protection could be considered. Under this authority, thousands of asylum seekers have been moved to off-shore [[Australian immigration detention facilities|immigration detention facilities]] on [[Christmas Island]], [[Nauru detention centre|Nauru]], and [[Manus Island]].

In subsequent years, the government excised other islands, sometimes attempting to do so retroactively, after asylum seekers had already landed.

However, the [[First Rudd government|Rudd government]] abolished the [[temporary protection visa]] scheme in 2008. The practice of diverting boat-borne arrivals to Christmas Island remained, effectively disallowing [[judicial review]].<ref name="ccd">{{Cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/courts-crack-down-on-asylum-appeals/story-e6frg6nf-1225816071273 |title=Courts crack down on asylum appeals |first=Jamie |last=Walker |accessdate=31 August 2011 |date=5 January 2010 |newspaper=The Australian |publisher=News Limited }}</ref> 

On 16 May 2013, the Australian Parliament passed an Act to effectively excise the entire Australian mainland from the migration zone.<ref name=abcnews/><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4920 |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=www.aph.gov.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>