Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – summary record 15th-17th reports (continued) [pdf, 66 KB]
...Accommodation Centre until their status claims had been processed and their identity satisfactorily established. The Centre was an open centre and, while persons resident therein were subjected to a regime of compulsory residence and monitoring, they were permitted to leave the premises on a daily basis. Refugee status applicants were only deprived of their liberty if they represented a threat to New Zealand’s security or were considered at high risk of absconding. Statistics for 2006-20...