The Ombudsman is required by the Migration Act 1958 to assess the appropriateness of the immigration detention arrangements for each person detained for more than two years. The Ombudsman's assessment is provided to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, along with a de-identified version which the Minister must table in Parliament. Links to the de-identified assessments and the Minister's responses are available in this section.
Since 2014 the Ombudsman has undertaken a review of all s486O reports sent to the Minister. This analysis looks at both the internal processes involved in producing these assessments and the experiences of those people claiming asylum.
Analysis of assessments
- An analysis of assessments under section 486O of the Migration Act 1958 sent to the Minister in 2016-17
- An analysis of reports under section 486O of the Migration Act 1958 sent to the Minister in 2015-16
2021
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 18 February 2021
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 22 February 2021
2020
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 17 December 2020
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 9 December 2020
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 2 December 2020
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 12 November 2020
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 10 November 2020
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 22 October 2020
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 16 October 2020
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 3 September 2020
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 27 August 2020
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 24 August 2020
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 10 June 2020
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 5 March 2020
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 6 February 2020
2019
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 27 November 2019
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 23 October 2019
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 16 October 2019
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 17 September 2019
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 12 September 2019
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 9 September 2019
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 31 July 2019
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 4 July 2019
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 21 February 2019
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament on 13 February 2019
2018
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 26 November 2018
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 15 October 2018
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 25 June 2018
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 18 June 2018
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 09 May 2018
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 21 March 2018
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 7 February 2018
2017
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 6 December 2017
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 29 November 2017
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 18 October 2017
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 13 September 2017
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 06 September 2017
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 21 June 2017
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 14 June 2017
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 31 May 2017
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 24 May 2017
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 10 May 2017
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 1 March 2017
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 15 February 2017
2016
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 23 November 2016
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 8 November 2016
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 20 October 2016
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 14 September 2016
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 31 August 2016
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 6 May 2016
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 29 April 2016
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 14 April 2016
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 16 March 2016
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 2 March 2016
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 24 February 2016
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 10 February 2016
- Immigration assessments tabled in Parliament 3 February 2016