The phrase "asylum processing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to the evaluation and handling of asylum applications or cases.
Example: "The government has implemented new policies to streamline asylum processing for applicants."
Alternatives: "asylum application review" or "asylum case management".
There is now strong evidence that the vast majority of those arrested during the U.S. Department of Homeland Security raids in the Unites States itself earlier this year had strong asylum claims that were only denied due to lack of access to counsel, expedited asylum processing known as the "rocket docket," and other due process violations.
Despite Ms Gillard's claim that it would deter asylum-seekers from making dangerous sea journeys, the plan was more about shifting all asylum processing offshore: anywhere but Australia.
The UN's special representative for migration, Peter Sutherland, said Europe should improve its external border controls and speed up asylum processing rather than retreating from Schengen.
What's worse, as remote as Nauru is, it's actually much closer than one might think – right-wing European politicians have been touting the "Australian model" of offshore asylum processing as a solution to the European refugee "crisis".
By setting up EU-sponsored asylum processing centres in Libya, EU states would evade their obligations to protect refugees and shift the responsibility to a country with an appalling human rights record.
However, they note that the situation on the ground hasn't changed at all, detention centers are still filled beyond capacity, and asylum processing by the Aliens Police has all but stopped pending new guidelines.
The statement from the two ministers confirms their commitment to the 2003 Le Touquet treaty but makes no reference to calls from some French politicians for an asylum "hotspot" processing centre to be set up in Calais to consider claims for asylum in Britain.
The No Business In Abuse group has been quietly working to persuade investors to put pressure on Transfield over its role managing Australia's asylum seeker processing centres on Nauru and Manus Island by divesting, and encouraging local businesses not to contract with the company.
Asylum-processing must be fast, fair and efficient.
Its border controls have been lax and its asylum-processing system slow and questionable (the approval rate for asylum applications is tiny compared with other EU countries).
He supported Labor's policy of processing asylum seekers offshore, and went further - calling for asylum boats to be turned around and for those in Australia approved as refugees to be limited to temporary visas.
