DETERMINATION OF PROTECTION (CLASS XA) A
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This instrument sets the minimum number of refugee and humanitarian visas Australia must grant over four financial years from 2015 to 2019. Under the Migration Act, the Minister must take "all reasonably practicable measures" to ensure at least these numbers are granted:
These visas cover two categories: Protection (Class XA) for refugees fleeing persecution, and Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB) for other displaced people in need of resettlement. The document effectively sets Australia's humanitarian program intake floor for those years, creating a legal obligation to meet these targets.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Migration Act 1958 - Determination of Protection (Class XA) and Refugee Humanitarian (Class XB) Visas 2014 - IMMI 14/117.
I, the Honourable SCOTT MORRISON, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under Section 39A of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act):
DETERMINE for the purposes of section 39A of the Act, the minimum combined total number of Protection (Class XA) and Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB) visas that the Minister must take all reasonably practicable measures to ensure are granted in a specified financial year is as follows:
for the financial year starting 1 July 2015 – 13,750 Class XA and Class XB visas;
b. for the financial year starting 1 July 2016 – 13,750 Class XA and Class XB visas;
c. for the financial year starting 1 July 2017 – 16,250 Class XA and Class XB visas;
d. for the financial year starting 1 July 2018 – 18,750 Class XA and Class XB visas.
This Instrument, IMMI 14/117 commences on the day after signature.
Dated 22.12.2014
Scott Morrison
The Honourable Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
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I, the Honourable SCOTT MORRISON, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under Section 39A of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act):
DETERMINE for the purposes of section 39A of the Act, the minimum combined total number of Protection (Class XA) and Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB) visas that the Minister must take all reasonably practicable measures to ensure are granted in a specified financial year is as follows:
for the financial year starting 1 July 2015 – 13,750 Class XA and Class XB visas;
b. for the financial year starting 1 July 2016 – 13,750 Class XA and Class XB visas;
c. for the financial year starting 1 July 2017 – 16,250 Class XA and Class XB visas;
d. for the financial year starting 1 July 2018 – 18,750 Class XA and Class XB visas.
This Instrument, IMMI 14/117 commences on the day after signature.
Dated 22.12.2014
Scott Morrison
The Honourable Minister for Immigration and Border Protection