Carina Ford, the chair of the Law Council’s migration committee told a Senate inquiry that there is “no requirement” in the bill that removal countries have signed up to the refugee convention.
“It’s probably very unlikely they would be, if you look at past history of deals that have been made not just here but in the UK, I think the best example in the UK is the failed Rwandan removal country – sometimes it’s easier to deal with countries [that have not signed up].”