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-The five-step International Detention Coalition (IDC’s) Community Assessment and Placement Model Community Assessment and Placement model outlines mechanisms and examples from around the world that prevent unnecessary detention and effectively support individuals in the community. For IDC’s collection of research and resources on alternatives, see http://idcoalition.org/category/tools-for-action/detention-database-resource/alternatives/ - The United Nations High Commisioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has recently published a background paper on Global Roundtable on Alternatives to Detention (held May 11-12 2011). - The first report Joint Standing Committee on Migration (JSCM) calls for a series of open and transparent guidelines against which detainees and the Australian public can judge the fairness and rationality of the detention system. It recommends a maximum time limit of 12 months detention for all detainees, except those considered a significant and ongoing risk to the community. Joint Standing Committee’s on Migration three reports of the inquiry into immigration detention in Australia (2008-09) http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/mig/detention/index.htm - This 2006 UNHCR report (UNHCR Legal and Protection Policy Research Series by Ophelia Field with Alice Edwards) provides a comprehensive study of international practice and the effectiveness (including cost effectiveness) of alternatives to detention for asylum seekers and refugees. It contains examples of alternatives to detention programs and projects in over 30 countries, with appendices outlining country profiles. http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/4472e8b84.pdf - The Better Way: refugees, detention and Australians (2003) Justice for Asylum Seekers (JAS) http://www.ajustaustralia.com/resource.php?act=attache&id=65 The Better Way outlines how Australia’s assessment of protection claims could be accomplished with little need for detention. The Better Way provides a model that does not Other articles and research papers
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