Spencer Jillian
Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Australas Psychiatry. 2025 Jun;33(3):389-393. doi: 10.1177/10398562241304929. Epub 2024 Dec 2.
ObjectiveTo stimulate discussion on how the RANZCP can contribute more constructively to the debate over Australia's immigration policies.ConclusionsUpdated in March 2024, RANZCP Position Statement 46, titled: 'The provision of mental health services for asylum seekers and refugees', continues the College's advocacy for a compassionate stance towards asylum seekers and refugees on the grounds of preventing or improving their mental health. College statements over the last decade have raised concerns about policies that are designed to deter boat arrivals; and recently, have endorsed the High Court's NZYQ decision to mandate community release of detained non-Australian citizens deemed to have failed 'the character test' under the . The College appears to have avoided addressing public concern about how a high asylum seeker and refugee inflow may impact community cohesion and prosperity. RANZCP's reputation will be enhanced by ensuring more extensive explication of reasoning and rebuttal of counter arguments for the position it has taken on this complex political issue.
目标
激发关于皇家澳大利亚和新西兰精神科医学院（RANZCP）如何能更建设性地参与澳大利亚移民政策辩论的讨论。
结论
2024年3月更新的RANZCP第46号立场声明，标题为：“为寻求庇护者和难民提供心理健康服务”，延续了该学院基于预防或改善寻求庇护者和难民心理健康而倡导对他们采取同情立场的做法。该学院在过去十年发表的声明对旨在阻止乘船抵达者的政策表示关切；最近，认可了高等法院的NZYQ裁决，即要求对被认为未通过移民法“品格测试”的被拘留非澳大利亚公民予以社区释放。该学院似乎回避了公众对寻求庇护者和难民大量涌入可能如何影响社区凝聚力和繁荣的担忧。通过确保更广泛地阐述其在这个复杂政治问题上所采取立场的推理过程并反驳反对观点，RANZCP的声誉将得到提升。
