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Special Humanitarian Program

Special Humanitarian Program

Human Mobility
Policy
1981
Year of publication
1981
Specific thematic area
Refugee
Sector of governance
Human Mobility
Type of human mobility
Migration
Characteristics of human mobility
Cross-border
Type of environmental driver
None
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
None
Sub-region
Australia and New Zealand
Region
Australia and New Zealand
Macro-region
Oceania
Author/issuing body
Department of Home Affairs
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 5 - Regular pathways
Child marker
C
Gender marker
C
Human rights marker
C

To be eligible to apply for a Global Special Humanitarian visa (subclass 202) through the Special Humanitarian Program you must be: outside Australia (offshore) living outside your home country subject to substantial discrimination in your home country amounting to a gross violation of your human rights proposed by an Australian citizen or Permanent resident, an Eligible New Zealand citizen, or an organisation based in Australia.

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).