Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

We have made it clear that people will be processed in accordance with the document that has been made public and was tabled in the House of Representatives. That sets out the processing arrangements for these persons. People will have their claims for asylum assessed. They may or may not be found to be refugees, may or may not be found to be owed our protection, but those processes will be conducted by the UNHCR in the same way they conduct them in Indonesia now—the same rules, the same processes. Once those decisions have been taken, those found to be owed protection under the UNHCR guidelines will be resettled in accordance with the normal UNHCR processes. They will be referred to resettlement countries, including Australia, and other countries such as Canada, who resettle people out of Indonesia. Those are the arrangements that are in place and they will be pursued in the normal manner.