A controversial bill threatening non-citizens with prison if they don't co-operate with their deportation will go to the Senate for further debate after dissenting opinions by the coalition, Greens and crossbenchers.
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A Senate committee headed by Labor's Nita Green recommended passing Labor's legislation with support from the coalition, suggesting a slew of a recommendations in a 128-page report.
But it was blocked with the Greens saying the bill should be rejected in full and Senator David Pocock saying it should not be passed as law in their respective dissenting reports.
The coalition put forward 17 recommendations to ensure there are additional safeguards including declaring a removal concern country should be subject to sunsetting after three years.
This will force the bill to be debated in the Senate.
Coalition senators James Paterson and Paul Scarr criticised the Albanese government's "chaotic and disingenuous inquiry process examining the bill".
Greens senator David Shoebridge noted "the committee report on the bill released today demonstrates just how isolated Labor is in this attack on Australia's diaspora communities".
The laws would allow the government to ban people from nations whose governments refuse to accept the return of deported citizens.
Foreigners who don't comply with their removal from Australia, would face a mandatory minimum 12-month jail term.
Diaspora communities, refugee advocates and the Greens have criticised the legislation, with an inquiry told people could be rounded up and removed.
"In the committee's view, it is incumbent upon the government to ensure that the migration framework is strong and robust. The bill seeks to achieve this objective and in the committee's view should be supported," the report said.
"The committee suggests that the minister should be mindful of the impacts that the bill could have on communities."
The laws are linked to an upcoming High Court case, which deals with whether the government must release detainees who don't co-operate with deportation.
The legal challenge could result in more than 170 people being released from detention.
People from countries including Iran, Iraq, Russia and South Sudan have been floated as possible targets of the ban.
During public hearings into the bill, the committee was told Labor's bill breached long-held human rights norms.
The coalition, Greens and other crossbenchers teamed up in March to quash Labor's bid to strengthen the laws, sending the bill to a Senate inquiry.
Australia is a signatory to various international human rights treaties, which include a principle of not sending refugees back to countries where they face persecution.
Representatives from the Human Rights Law Centre described the proposal to punish people for not wanting to return to the countries they fled from as unprecedented.
About 5000 people in various visa classes would be affected by the legislation, home affairs officials told the inquiry.
The Albanese government has faced months of intense scrutiny over the release of immigration detainees.
In November, the High Court ruled immigration detention unlawful where it was impossible to deport non-citizens, a decision that triggered 151 releases.
The decision ignited a political firestorm over the government's management of the decision.
Australian Associated Press
