The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) is an Australian Government department. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. This article describes the federal government of Australia See Australian governments for other jurisdictions In 2004, the then Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) had an annual operating budget of AUD$700 million. The Department of Immigration and Citizenship is responsible for:

• immigration arrangements
• border control
• citizenship
• ethnic affairs
• multicultural affairs

History

"Machinery of Government" changes following government reshuffles:

• 26 November 2001 the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) and the Department of Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs merged to form the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA). Immigration to Australian continent is estimated to have begun around 50000 years ago when the ancestors of Australian Aborigines arrived on the continent via the islands of Border controls are measures used by a Country to monitor or regulate its Borders The control of the flow of people animals and goods across a border may be controlled Australian nationality law is based primarily on the principle of Jus soli. The term multiculturalism generally refers to a state of racial, cultural and ethnic diversity within the Demographics of a specified Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.
• 27 January 2006 the Indigenous Affairs responsibility moved to the now Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Department of Families Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs ( FaHCSIA) is an Australian Government department
• 23 January 2007 the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs is renamed the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

DIMA and its successors were the centre of controversy from 2001 because it was primarily these departments that implemented the Australian governments policies of mandatory detention of unauthorised arrivals and the Pacific Solution. Mandatory detention in Australia concerns the Australian federal government 's policy and system of Mandatory detention active from 1992 to date pursuant to which An unauthorized arrival is a person who has arrived in a Country when they are not a Citizen of that country and does not have a valid visa or does not The Pacific Solution was the name given to the Australian government policy ( 2001 - 2007) of transporting Asylum seekers to detention camps on The Department was also accused of mistreating asylum seekers at Australian immigration detention facilities. According to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a refugee is a person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race Australian immigration detention facilities comprise a number of different facilities throughout Australia and the Pacific Ocean.

See also

• Immigration to Australia
• Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
• List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities
• Cornelia Rau
• Vivian Solon

External links

• Department of Immigration and Citizenship Website

Departments of the Australian Government

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | Attorney-General's | Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy | Climate Change | Defence | Education, Employment and Workplace Relations | Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts | Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | Finance and Deregulation | Foreign Affairs and Trade | Health and Ageing | Human Services | Immigration and Citizenship | Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government | Innovation, Industry, Science and Research | Prime Minister and Cabinet | Resources, Energy and Tourism | Treasury | Veterans' Affairs

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