Migration and Refugee Division of AAT

The Migration and Refugee Division of the AAT is not bound by technicalities, legal forms or rules of evidence. Its role is to act according to substantial justice and the merits of the case, to resolve, in accordance with the law and its own published procedures, applications for review of a primary decision of refusal or cancellation by the Department of Home Affairs.

Around 50% of the case load at the AAT is from the Migration and Refugee division. The AAT aims to finalise 75 per cent of applications within 12 months of lodgement, although this is not usually the case due to the high volume of applications the Migration and Refugee Division receives.