Asylum Seekers
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We’re good at giving guns but not at taking in victims of war
People are fleeing wars in which Australia is deeply involved, so our responsibility to provide asylum seekers with a safe…
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Why Priti Patel’s plans to overhaul the asylum system make no legal sense
Under the new plans, the home office has said it will “stop illegal arrivals gaining immediate entry into the asylum…
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‘Somewhere to call home’: helping stateless children realise their right to Australian citizenship
Muhammad and Sumaiya* have never known a place to call home. Ben Doherty The Guardian Denied citizenship in their homeland…
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Border agents releasing asylum-seeking migrants into US without court date
The measure is meant to bypass the hours-long process of giving the migrants a “notice to appear,” which requires tedious…
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‘Music is a way of reclaiming time’: Behrouz Boochani’s lauded memoir becomes a poetic musical event
A little blond girl plays in the shallows at Christmas Island, oblivious to a tugboat filled with exhausted refugees pulling…
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China tells UN Australia’s offshore detention centres violate human rights, don’t have adequate conditions
Ties between the two countries soured in 2018 when Australia became the first nation to publicly ban China’s Huawei from…
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How COVID-19 became a cover to reduce refugee rights
For decades politicians in Europe, the US and some countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America have sought to manufacture…
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The end of detention: ‘We are free but we need to recover from all those years’
The last time Ebrahim Obeiszadeh had a job was in 2013, when he was working at a sugar factory in…
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Thousands of minors without papers are arriving at the US-Mexico border, posing a challenge for Joe Biden
Thousands of minors without papers are arriving at the US border with Mexico, presenting President Joe Biden with a potentially…
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These two children have now been in Australian immigration detention for three years
The girls are the only two children left in Australian immigration detention and still have no pathway to freedom. Kulasegaram…
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The Sydney music teacher helping refugees to heal their trauma through song
Amid the lasting mental health impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, he says he’s doing what he can to help. Sandra…
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Man’s death years after heart attack on Nauru shows toll of Australia’s refugee policies, advocates say
But the Somali refugee’s health problems would only become more severe in his years in offshore detention on Manus Island…
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It’s time to give visas to the Biloela Tamil family and other asylum seekers stuck in the system
Nearly a decade later, they are still waiting. Alex Reilly The Conversation The family was removed from their home in…
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‘Groundhog day’: Federal Court dismisses appeal in long-running legal battle to keep Tamil Biloela family in Australia
A Tamil family-of-four from the small Queensland town of Biloela, who have spent almost three years in immigration detention, will remain in…
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US government appeals UK ruling against Julian Assange’s extradition
The US government has appealed a UK judge’s ruling against the extradition of the WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, according to…
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The United States is ramping up its refugee intake.
Australia has long faced global criticism for its mandatory detention policy. Gavin Fernando SBS News With a progressive new leader…
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