Labor bill could lead to lengthy detention of migrants before deportation to countries paid to take them, committee warns

The bipartisan human right committee, chaired by Labor MP Josh Burns, pictured, has thrown up significant roadblocks to the controversial migration bill. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The human rights committee has warned the Albanese government’s migration bill could result in lengthy spells in detention before non-citizens are deported to countries paid to take them.

In a report tabled on Wednesday the bipartisan committee, chaired by Labor MP Josh Burns, threw up significant roadblocks to the controversial bill and also queried the move by the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, to reimpose ankle bracelets and curfews on those released from immigration detention.