56. 关于来文提交人声称 Jaffarie 先生被剥夺自由违反了《公约》第二十六条，政府认为，《移民法》的目的是为了国家利益，规范非公民进入和居住在澳大利亚。从这个意义上说，《移民法》的目的是根据国籍区分非公民和公民。政府提到人权事务委员会关于《公约》下外国人地位的第 15 号一般性意见(1986 年)，认为应由政府决定谁可以进入其领土以及在什么条件下进入。因此，鉴于公民和非公民受到不同的待遇，因为澳大利亚公民不受移民拘留，政府认为，这种差别待遇是基于合法目的的合理和客观标准，因此不构成违反《公约》。
56. With regard to the source’s claim that Mr. Jaffarie has been deprived of his liberty in contravention of article 26 of the Covenant, the Government submits that the object of the Migration Act is to regulate, in the national interest, the coming into and presence in Australia of non-citizens. In that sense, the purpose of the Migration Act is to differentiate on the basis of nationality between non-citizens and citizens. The Government refers to the Human Rights Committee’s general comment No. 15 (1986) on the position of aliens under the Covenant, arguing that it is a matter for the Government to determine who may enter its territory and under what conditions. Thus, to the extent that citizens and non-citizens are treated differently, in that Australian citizens are not subject to immigration detention, the Government’s view is that such differential treatment is based on reasonable and objective criteria for a legitimate purpose and therefore does not amount to a violation of the Covenant.