Asylum Seekers
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Refugee advocates ‘encouraged’ as Albanese government considers ways to reduce immigration detention backlog
The Albanese government is investigating alternatives to immigration detention, and considering the creation of a review panel to help clear…
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Asylum Seeker Policy – Where to now?
One of the most complex and controversial issues the Albanese Government will deal with during the current budget process will…
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After ‘slow start’, US companies embrace refugees
When Abdul Nasir Rahimi started his job hunt in the US, employers didn’t quite know what to make of him:…
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How Australia’s ‘luck of the draw’ asylum system is leaving vulnerable people in limbo for years
Bad news came always in a brown envelope. Ben Doherty The Guardian Those carried negative decisions, Sister Aileen Crowe says:…
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A Syrian academic at the Fringe: why I put on a show to reclaim the stories of refugees like me
But there I was, a Syrian academic on stage in Edinburgh in front of a microphone, high on adrenaline, ready…
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Baby dies in ‘inhuman’ Dutch centre for asylum seekers
The death of a three-month-old baby at an overcrowded centre for asylum seekers in the Netherlands is being investigated, as medical charity…
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How the refugees and asylum seekers we already have can help fill skill shortages
But what’s the situation for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants already in Australia when it comes to settling here permanently…
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Indonesian boys wrongly imprisoned by Australia ask attorney general for new appeal
Exclusive: Lawyers for two Indonesian children wrongly jailed for people smuggling ask Mark Dreyfus to refer case for appeal, calling…
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UK treatment of Afghan refugees ‘continues to be source of shame’
Two RAF flights carrying as many as 500 Afghans who worked with British forces and their relatives are landing in…
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A year on from the fall of Kabul, Afghans reflect on their new lives in Australia
Her courageous reporting focused on democracy and women’s rights — particularly education for girls — in what was still a…
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New immigration detention bill could give Australia a fresh chance to comply with international law
This bill gives Australia the chance to bring its immigration detention regime in line with basic international law requirements for…
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I’m not a fascist — I like the Tories, says Italy’s far-right leader
The head of the Brothers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, has rejected claims that her party’s members are the heirs to…
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Iranian asylum seeker on bridging visa wants permanency in Australia to care for her sick daughter
“My family is very strict with religion, and I didn’t follow my religion, and because I lose my hijab and…
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Call to end ‘immoral’ refugee detention
Parliamentarians are being urged to support a proposal to end mandatory immigration detention in Australia and replace the program with…
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Lesvos: How EU asylum policy created a refugee prison in paradise
Located in the Aegean Sea, just off the Turkish coast, Lesvos is blessed with beautiful landscapes and endless olive forests,…
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We pretend there has been change under Labor but hundreds of refugees are still in detention
The return of the Nadesalingam family to Biloela was one of the first acts by the new Labor government in…
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