Asylum Seekers
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‘Like flying’: Dozens more refugees released from hotel detention in Melbourne
But the second day of releases is bittersweet news to the 14 men who remain detained at the hotel, who…
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Guatemalan authorities crack down on thousands of US-bound migrants fleeing poverty and violence
Guatemalan authorities on Saturday (local time) escalated efforts to stop thousands of Hondurans, many of them families with children, traveling…
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Fresh disturbance at Christmas Island detention centre due to ‘inhumane’ conditions, advocates say
Further unrest among detainees on Christmas Island is due to the Australian government holding people in “inhumane” conditions, refugee advocates…
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Ex-Manus detainee Amir was given a new life by sponsors in Canada.
After years of detention on Manus Island, Amir Sahragard got a fresh start in Canada through the country’s refugee sponsorship…
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Father takes Assange’s fight to New York
Assange is being held at London’s Belmarsh Prison, pending a court decision on a warrant for his extradition to the…
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Cabinet papers 2000: the Coalition before climate denialism, but on the path to offshore detention
It was the year before the “year that changed everything”: 2001, when Al-Qaeda attacked the United States on September 11,…
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End the incarceration of refugees
The recent death in custody of yet another individual in detention highlights again the cruelty of our refugee system under…
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Syrian refugees flee Lebanese camp near Tripoli after their tents were set on fire
At least three people were wounded in the clash on Saturday (local time) near the coastal city of Tripoli, which…
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This is my eighth Christmas locked up in immigration detention. Next year I hope to celebrate as a free man
I am writing to make people aware of the difficult situation refugees have to endure December 2017 An article posted…
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Selling Australia’s offshore detention regime to the world
In the field of refugee and asylum seeker policy, it involves detaining humans, their dehumanisation and the vast, prohibitive expenditure…
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United Nations alarmed’ by Ethiopia returning refugees who fled fighting in Tigray
It’s a “disturbing” and “alarming” move, according to the United Nations, which does not have access to the camps. ABC…
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‘On my birthday I am reborn’: Refugee Farhad Bandesh released after seven years’ detention
After seven and a half years in detention – on Manus Island, in Preston’s Mantra Hotel and finally Melbourne Immigration…
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Flood of gifts sent to Christmas Island as Biloela family prepares for third holiday season in detention
A flood of cards and gifts have been sent to remote Christmas Island, as Australians band together to brighten Christmas…
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern apologises for failings identified by royal commission into Christchurch attacks
In March 2019 Australian gunman Brenton Tarrant opened fire at two mosques in Christchurch, killing 51 people and wounding another…
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‘The asylum process broke my dream … now I have a new one.’
“This was never my plan. Michelle Richey The Conversation I love my country”… ‘The asylum process…
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How do you self-isolate in a refugee camp?
Approximately a third of the world’s refugees live in camps. Dr Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson The Conversation Most displaced people, a total…
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