Migration
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Asylum seeker processing in Nauru cemented by new agreement
Asylum seekers who try to enter Australia by boat will continue to be turned away and sent to Nauru for…
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Angry scenes at Haiti airport as deported migrants arrive
On Tuesday, migrants at the airport in Port-au-Prince rushed back towards the plane they had arrived on, while others threw…
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De-Erdoganisation
The Taliban warned that despite ‘historic, cultural and religious bonds with the Muslim people of Turkey’, they would view such…
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Wisconsin mosques prepare to welcome Afghan refugees into community
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – After two decades, the war in Afghanistan ended Monday as the final U-S flight left the…
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Why the US is parking local Afghan support staff in third countries
They will be assessed there to see if they and their families traveling with them are eligible for US visas.…
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Twenty years since Tampa, can we turn the tide on empathy?
Tampa was the moment that has determined our asylum seeker policies ever since, especially our brutal practice of indefinite, offshore…
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How an Afghan refugee crisis at sea transformed Australia policy
Melbourne, Australia – In August 2001, an Indonesian fishing boat carrying 433 asylum seekers was en route to Australia’s Christmas Island,…
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The Tampa affair shocked the world. Twenty years on, those involved tell their stories
When Christian Maltau, the chief officer on the Norwegian shipping container ship MV Tampa, helped to rescue more than 400 asylum seekers…
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‘They Seem To Be Afraid’: Refugee Advocates Say Biden Must Do More
Refugee advocates are running out of patience with President Joe Biden’s administration, as their high hopes for progress after four…
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No permanent settlement for Afghans who did not come ‘the right way’: Morrison
These people had not come “the right way”, Morrison told a news conference on Wednesday. Michelle Grattan The Conversation “I…
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Advocates call on Biden admin to halt deportation of Haitian asylum-seekers following earthquake
They said at least two deportation flights expelled migrants to Haiti in the days preceding the earthquake. Gabe Ortiz Daily…
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Afghan refugees can no longer wait — Australia must offer permanent protection now
The scenes at Kabul airport yesterday were far from orderly, though US forces are now reportedly working to secure the airport…
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America is more diverse and more multiracial than ever
“Our analysis of the 2020 Census results show that the US population is much more multiracial, and more racially and…
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Cruel, costly and ineffective: Australia’s offshore processing asylum seeker policy turns 9
Nine long years of a cruel, costly and ineffective policy sustained by successive governments of both major parties, despite consistently…
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This is what happens to child migrants found alone at the border, from the moment they cross into the US until age 18
As of June 30, 2021, with three months remaining in the U.S. government’s fiscal year, 95,079 children left their countries…
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Three countries, eight years: one refugee’s nightmare odyssey through Australia’s detention system
Loghman Sawari was a child when they sent him to what he calls the “prison island”. Ben Doherty The Guardian…
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