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18 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 1 (2003-2004)
Australian Immigration Policy at the Centenary: The Quest for Control

handle is hein.journals/geoimlj18 and id is 11 raw text is: ARTICLES AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION POLICY AT THE CENTENARY: THE QUEST FOR CONTROL22 CARLOS SCOF LOPEZ* Contents** 1. INTRODUCTION AND RECENT CURRENT EVENTS .................. 2 II. CONFIRMATION OF THE 'STANDARD CONTENTION'. ............... 6 A. Mandatory Detention, Asylee Interception, and Border Exclusion Zones ................................. 6 B. Recent Political Developments .................... 10 C. Biased Standards and Decreased Numbers ........... 14 III. RATIONALES AND A THEORY OF AUSTRALIAN HISTORY ........... 17 A. The White Australia Policy ....................... 17 B. Multiculturalism and Changing Laws ............... 21 IV. THE ALTERNATIVE VIEW: A QUEST FOR CONTROL .............. 23 A. Alternative View Defined .......................... 23 * Co-Director, Jerome Frank Legal Services Organization / Immigration Legal Services at the Yale Law School (New Haven, CT, USA) and formerly with the Refugee Advice and Casework Service (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) and the Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia). The author would like to thank Prof. Peter Schuck (The Yale Law School), Prof. Stephen Legomsky (at numerous institutions, including Oxford University), Margaret Piper (Executive Director of the Australian Refugee Council), and David Chalke (Director of Australscan) for their input and perspectives on immigration law, particularly in Australia. ** British spelling conventions are used throughout this paper, consistent with current practice throughout the states and territories of the Commonwealth of Australia. Furthermore, the pronoun his is used to refer to decisions by individual government ministers who have all been male, though it is fully likely these ministers may someday be women.