カテゴリー: Australian immigration and asylum
Papua New Guinea’s immigration minister John Rosso says whistleblower’s ‘serious allegations’ revealed by the Guardian have prompted auditFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily…
As migration from south Asia booms, Australia’s human rights commission is looking at stronger measures against caste-based discriminationWhen Rakesh Kumar migrated to Australia from Punjab in India 16 years ago, the discrimination followed him. Before…
Students can seek exemption from rule if they cannot get a flight or a visa in time, Chinese government saysFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Chinese g…
‘Red flags’ raised over scheme to allow families of Pacific Island workers to join them in Australia
Families who relocate under federal scheme would not have access to Medicare, or relocation or housing costs, making move unviable for many, experts warnGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGuest workers from Pacific…
Australian PM to call for ‘a swift conclusion to negotiations’ to treaty and say both countries should ‘work as equals with our fellow Pacific states’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese will seek pr…
Six men who had been held in Australia’s offshore processing facilities for more than eight years arrive in AucklandFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe f…
UN refugee agency says many refugees have been traumatised by years in Australian detention camps, hampering uptake of the offerIn nearly six months, just 36 people have taken up New Zealand’s offer to resettle refugees held in Australian detention cam…
With rising seas expected to submerge the nation by 2100, official says ‘we should always be able to remember Tuvalu as it is, before it disappears’Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastWhen Tuvalu vanishes beneath rising s…
Many of those housed in the notorious refugee camp remain on Lesbos, while others have managed to rebuild new livesTwo years have elapsed since the huge Moria fire gutted what became known as Europe’s most notorious refugee camp. Squalid, gargantuan an…
These are the stories of interpreters, embassy staff, guards and aid workers still trying to get to Australia a year after the fall of KabulGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastAfghan nationals who worked for the Australia…
‘Every day I am fearful’: Afghans with Australian visas wait in limbo a year after the fall of Kabul
One man who served with Australian troops tells the Guardian he is stranded in a Dutch refugee camp while his family remain in hiding in AfghanistanGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastSayed* cannot forget the chaos of his…
The withdrawal of allied troops from Afghanistan a year ago led to desperate scenes as refugees tried to escape the Taliban. One man tells his family’s story Continue reading…
Exclusive: Freedom-of-information investigation reveals error in urgent submission to then minister Marise PayneGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastA file number bungle by an Australian government department caused a fou…
Poor and vulnerable people fleeing Sri Lanka are being met by Australian boat turnbacks and ‘enhanced assessments’ that may breach international lawGet our free news app; get our morning email briefing“I thought if I travelled to Australia, I could ear…
Wait time for 476 visa, for overseas graduates who want to work or study in Australia for up to 18 months, has blown out to 41 monthsFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustrali…