Asylum Seekers
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Refugee who escaped the Taliban and self-immolated on Nauru speaks from Melbourne’s Park Hotel
But he said it was Australia’s ongoing and indefinite detention that had left him permanently scarred. Erin Handley ABC The refugee,…
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How Australia’s handling of Djokovic exposed its flawed immigration system to the world
Novak Djokovic has claimed victory in one court, and is back on one more familiar. Ben Doherty The Guardian But as…
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Novak Djokovic’s visa debacle throws spotlight on plight of detained asylum seekers
As men’s tennis world number one Novak Djokovic spends his first night in immigration detention in Melbourne, human rights and…
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Number of asylum seekers making the perilous trip across English Channel triples
Arash* took his first steps on English soil on a cloudy, drizzly day in May, after attempting a perilous crossing…
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Italy’s citizenship debate: how a country of emigrants is learning to live with immigrants
Salvini is facing charges of kidnapping after allegedly blocking the humanitarian ship Open Arms carrying 147 migrants from docking at…
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Danish ex-minister given jail sentence for separating couples seeking asylum
Denmark’s former immigration minister has been sentenced to two months in prison after a special court found her guilty of…
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‘A bright new future’: how Australians are helping Canada’s private sponsors give refugees a fresh start
Eight refugees – held by Australia’s offshore immigration regime for more than eight years – have landed in Vancouver and…
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Washington’s Kurdish Client Collapses
Why would Kurdish migrants flee their Western-style democratic regime? Ted Galen Carpenter The American Conservative Acute tensions over Taiwan and…
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Let Them Drown. Let Them Freeze to Death. Just Keep Them Out!
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, is a saintly body and does its best to care for those it…
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Rights groups’ warning as Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy restored
The American Immigration Council said it was a dark day for the US and the rule of law. BBC US…
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Channel deaths: the UK has clear legal responsibilities towards people crossing in small boats
There were three children, seven women, one of whom was pregnant, and 17 men. Mariagiulia Giuffré The Conversation Although a…
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How Athens became the unexpected hub for Afghan women
ATHENS — The women of Afghanistan’s deposed democracy have found a temporary home in an unlikely location: Athens. Nektaria Stamouli…
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Refugees in the media: how the most commonly used images make viewers dehumanise them
The photo prompted international responses, a change of EU policy on refugees, and a surge in donations to charities working with refugees.…
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From Kabul with hope: Noor’s journey from Afghanistan to Australia
It’s a strange feeling arriving in Australia as an Afghan refugee. Nicole Precel Brisbane Times Touching down in August in…
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Belarus: Lukashenko threatens to turn off the gas to western Europe as migrant crisis deepens
Global energy prices are at record high levels and expected to stay there. Jennifer Mathers The Conversation So Lukashenko’s threat to disrupt…
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Federal Government prevents medical community from assisting refugees
Watching the COVID-19 outbreak unfold in the Park hotel, Melbourne, it is hard not to feel disillusionment as a medical…
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