Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical context to migration -- Immigration control: an overview -- Basic migration legislation and policy -- The visa system and application procedures -- Family and interdependency migration and other Australia-based visas -- Business and investment visas -- Skill-based visas -- Temporary visas -- Miscellaneous visas -- Common visa requirements -- Compliance: unlawful non-citizens, removal and deportation -- History of the refugees convention and definitional framework -- Refugee and humanitarian visas: the statutory structure -- Convention grounds -- Persecution -- Well-founded fear of persecution -- Limits on protection of refugees: cessation, exclusion exceptions, and protection by another country -- Time for a fundamental re-think: need as the criterion for assistance -- The determination and review process for migration and refugee decisions.