カテゴリー: Australian immigration and asylum
Australia’s strength has never come from purity tests or cultural fear. It has come from beautiful human overlapIn my tough early days in Melbourne, when everything still felt slightly unreal, I was introduced to Suzy through a cricket magazine editor …
Legal team of man who was part of cohort of non-citizens freed after high court decision argues Nauru’s medical facilities are ‘insufficient’ to treat his severe asthmaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLawyers for an Iranian re…
Prohibited from working, people sent to the island by Australia say they are struggling to survive because food is so expensiveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAsylum seekers sent to Nauru by Australia say they are going hungr…
Senator uses parliament to accuse Albanese government of knowing David Adeang was ‘seriously corrupt’ yet still signing $2.5bn deportation dealFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news pod…
In newly translated excerpts of a February interview, David Adeang wrongly stated the people Australia has begun deporting to his country are not refugeesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or dai…
From Scott Morrison’s ‘on-water matters’ to the Albanese government’s MOU with Nauru, successive governments’ attitude to legitimate scrutiny has been one of hostilityGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOffshore, secrecy dominate…
Penny Wong says translation notes were ‘taken hastily’ by official who was not accredited translator and were ‘for internal purposes only’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA…
The Australian government is spending millions of dollars a year to house asylum seekers, yet many say they can not afford food and are forced to skip mealsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or d…
With more than 80% of Tuvalu’s population applying for ‘climate visas’, the tiny South Pacific island nation’s Australian diaspora is only set to growGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBateteba Aselu describes her former life in…
On the anniversary of Liberation Day, members of Australia’s Vietnamese community look back at the sacrifices made in pursuit of ‘a good life’“It’s like the world collapsed,” says Thi Xa Nguyen, looking back 50 years to the fall of Saigon.She was livin…
Mohammed Ibrahim Danish spent four years as a translator for aid workers who taught children and trained doctors. In today’s Afghanistan the penalty for that is death Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastHuddled on Afghanista…
Deterrence policy against asylum seeker boats is under strain, with three vessels arriving in a week in MayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe number of asylum seekers on Nauru appears to have topped 100, with a…
Australia’s visa offer to residents of the Pacific island nation in the face of the climate crisis stokes mixed emotionsFor many years, residents of Tuvalu have been aware of a threat hanging over their country: if nothing is done to combat the climate…
Australian-funded humanitarian program has not funded housing, food and medical services for over a year, providers sayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastRefugees and asylum seekers held by Australia in Papua New G…