Asylum Seekers
Conflicting accounts of Manus incident as govt leaves inquiry to PNG
Two incidences over the last two nights in the Manus Island Detention Centre in Papua New Guinea have sparked controversy.......
No legal answers for arrested Manus Island detainees
An incident in which asylum seeker detainees escaped a Manus Island detention centre has resulted in arrests and medical treatment......
Immigration campaign tells boat people where to go
A new campaign on the Immigration Department’s website warns asylum seekers not to try coming by boat if they ever......
Comics journalism sees guard’s immigration detention story go viral
The Global Mail produced a lot of stories on immigration in it’s brief lifespan, but one of it’s most-read stories......
Inquiry to seek information on children in detention
The Human Rights Commission has announced a new inquiry into the mental health impacts of children being held in Australian......
Government continues its hardline policies on asylum seekers
After Labor and the Greens blocked the reintroduction of temporary protection visas in the Senate yesterday, the government announced to......
UNHCR slams Australia’s inhumane treatment of asylum seekers
In its report released yesterday UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) harshly criticises the living conditions of asylum seekers at......
Asylum seeker boat in distress
Another day, another boat in trouble. Reports have been flooding in of an asylum seeker boat in distress off the......
Setback for refugees brought from Nauru to Australia
A plane-load of 69 asylum seekers arrived in Curtin Detention Centre over the weekend, brought back to Australia by the......
Children die as asylum seekers grow desperate
On Friday 27 September, a boat sunk off Indonesia’s coast. An unusually high number of the asylum seekers were children,......