Asylum Seekers
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With borders closed, our lifelines to family overseas have been cut. The isolation is suffocating
Τhe first exhibition I visited when I arrived in Sydney in 2010 was called On Their Own: Britain’s Child Migrants.…
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Free but restless, Behrouz Boochani takes tentative first steps into new life
It’s the middle of the day in a sleepy, affluent suburb of Christchurch and Kurdish Iranian refugee Behrouz Boochani is…
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Australia’s borders are shut, so where does that leave refugees?
When COVID-19 reached Australia in late March, the government swiftly closed the country’s borders and hit pause on the Humanitarian…
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New Zealand grants asylum to Behrouz Boochani, Kurdish-Iranian refugee who was detained on Manus Island
The Kurdish-Iranian journalist spent six years in detention in Papua New Guinea for asylum seeker processing after attempting to enter…
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‘Heartbreaking’: Mother from detained Biloela Tamil family evacuated from Christmas Island for medical treatment
There are concerns for the Biloela Tamil family controversially detained on Christmas Island after mother Priya Murugappan was evacuated for…
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Why has a two-year-old girl lived her entire life in Australian immigration detention?
The father of one of them says he hasn’t been allowed to visit his daughter for months, and amid the…
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Simon Cheng: UK asylum for ex-consulate worker ‘tortured in China’
Simon Cheng, a Hong Kong citizen, was detained on a business trip to mainland China for 15 days last August.…
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Searches, Seizures and Sanctions in Australia’s Immigration Detention Camps
Pursuant to an amendment to the Migration Act (Cth), non-citizens who have committed criminal offences in Australia are now subject,…
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Peter Dutton’s confidence in ignoring the judiciary mocks Australia’s system of government
Despite the first generations of foreign settlers arriving by boat, Australia has a fractious relationship with refugees who cross our…
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We can’t forget about humanity’s most vulnerable
The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing and exacerbating one of our greatest weaknesses – the treatment of refugees and people seeking…
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One per cent of the world’s population is now forcibly displaced
Forced displacement caused by conflict, persecution and violence is now affecting more than one per cent of humanity, or one…
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Hong Kong visas: why is the UK standing up to China now?
Boris Johnson’s promise to give millions of Hong Kong citizens a path to UK citizenship is a remarkable offer from…
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‘This is how they drive you mad’: refugee turns anguish into art
I walk the paths I know so well and call Farhad Bandesh. Arnold Zable The Age He is detained in…
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Manus Island detention centre contracts did not show value for money, audit office finds
Ahead of last year’s federal election, Labor demanded an investigation into the procurement of government contracts by the department, after…
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Refugee advocates fight proposed laws giving minister power to ban mobile phones in immigration detention
Proposed new laws that would give authorities the power to ban mobile phones from Australian immigration detention centres could be…
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As I learn to live in freedom, Australia is still tormenting refugees
After the first month – during which I was traveling to participate in panels and events – I spent my…
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