Under international refugee law, there is provision for a State to deny protection to persons who might otherwise qualify for refugee status where their actions render them unworthy of it. In Australia an ‘adverse security assessment’ under the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation 1979 allows the state to take ‘prescribed administrative action’ against a person in order to satisfy the ‘requirements of security’ so as to include indefinite detention of a person who otherwise may qualify for refugee status under international law. The reliance by the government on what is tantamount to amounting to a very broad ‘character test’ in order to effect detention of genuine asylum-seekers has been described as ‘Kafqueskue’ and ‘schizophrenic’ by seasoned observers even within Australia itself. Less well remarked upon is the way in which the Australian system deems people to be ‘undesirable’ once they are deemed to pose a direct or indirect threat to national security and then become ‘unremovable’ because if they satisfy the refugee definition, are at risk of ill-treatment, and cannot be returned, there is little that can be done to them except to detain them indefinitely. This article draws that link and highlights the potential pitfalls for the Australian system for pursuing such a risky policy in refugee law.

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澳大利亚卡夫卡式难民法中的拘留和妄想

根据国际难民法，国家拒绝保护可能有资格获得难民地位的人，因为他们的行为使他们不值得。在澳大利亚，澳大利亚安全和情报组织 1979 年规定的“不利安全评估”允许国家对某人采取“规定的行政行动”，以满足“安全要求”，包括无限期拘留一个人可能符合国际法规定的难民身份。政府依赖相当于非常广泛的“品格测试”来拘留真正的寻求庇护者，甚至在澳大利亚国内也被经验丰富的观察家描述为“Kafqueskue”和“精神分裂症”。很少有人注意的是，一旦人们被认为对国家安全构成直接或间接威胁，澳大利亚系统就会认为他们是“不受欢迎的”，然后变得“不可移动”，因为如果他们满足难民定义，就会处于危险之中受虐待且无法遣返，除了无限期拘留他们之外，别无他法。本文绘制了这种联系，并强调了澳大利亚系统在难民法中推行这种冒险政策的潜在陷阱。除了无限期拘留他们之外，对他们几乎无能为力。本文绘制了这种联系，并强调了澳大利亚系统在难民法中推行这种冒险政策的潜在陷阱。除了无限期拘留他们之外，对他们几乎无能为力。本文绘制了这种联系，并强调了澳大利亚系统在难民法中推行这种冒险政策的潜在陷阱。