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Family 'nightmare' over after ASIO ruling

Family 'nightmare' over after ASIO ruling

13 June 2013, 19:39 PM

Australia | The release of an asylum seeker family from detention after being deemed a security risk for three years proves authorities have been getting it wrong, refugee advocates say. Read more

28 life jackets wash up on Cocos

27 May 2013, 20:57 PM

Asia-Pacific | Twenty-eight life jackets have washed up on the beach on the Cocos Keeling Islands, the Australian Federal Police have confirmed. Read more

Most boat arrivals are refugees: government data

Most boat arrivals are refugees: government data

20 May 2013, 15:56 PM

Australia | New figures show more than 90 per cent of boat arrivals are found to be genuine refugees. Read more

Eight dead in Buddhist-Muslim violence

05 April 2013, 16:14 PM

Asia-Pacific | A group of Myanmar Muslims beat eight Buddhists to death at an Indonesian detention centre Friday after becoming enraged at news of deadly communal violence in their homeland, officials said. Read more

Dead Burmese asylum seekers 'thrown overboard'

Dead Burmese asylum seekers 'thrown overboard'

21 February 2013, 15:01 PM

Asia-Pacific | The bodies of nearly 100 asylum seekers on a boat heading for Australia were thrown overboard by starving shipmates, according to reports received by Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor.
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Two dead in asylum boat ordeal

Two dead in asylum boat ordeal

30 January 2013, 16:43 PM

Australia | Two people died and one went missing after a boat carrying 25 Sri Lankans asylum-seekers drifted for weeks off Indonesia's Java island due to engine failure, police said Tuesday. Read more

Newborn baby to remain in detention centre

Newborn baby to remain in detention centre

16 January 2013, 16:58 PM

Australia | A baby born this week will remain at the Villawood detention centre in Sydney, where his mother is being detained for been deemed a security threat.
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Death sparks asylum health concerns

Death sparks asylum health concerns

10 January 2013, 12:40 PM

Australia | Questions are being asked about the level of mental health support being provided to asylum seekers after they are released into the community. Read more

Asylum seeker bridging visas: experts respond

Asylum seeker bridging visas: experts respond

22 November 2012, 15:50 PM

Australia | Four refugee experts share their views on the federal government's new plan to issue bridging visas to refugees who have been processed onshore.
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33 days of hunger for Iranian on Nauru

33 days of hunger for Iranian on Nauru

13 November 2012, 11:38 AM

Australia | There are serious concerns for an Iranian man who has refused food for 33 days, while immigration officials say a large number of hunger strikers on Nauru are taking food, writes Andy Park.
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Sri Lanka arrests deported asylum seekers

Sri Lanka arrests deported asylum seekers

28 October 2012, 13:15 PM

Asia-Pacific | Sri Lankan authorities have arrested 14 asylum seekers deported by Australia on Saturday, accused of theft, abduction and attempted murder. Read more

Nauru and Manus 'a complete debacle'

Nauru and Manus 'a complete debacle'

18 October 2012, 14:58 PM

Australia | The federal opposition has called the government's policy of detaining asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island a “complete debacle”.

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Boat with 146 asylum seekers intercepted

Boat with 146 asylum seekers intercepted

30 September 2012, 13:08 PM

Australia | A boat carrying 146 asylum seekers has been intercepted in Australian waters north of Ashmore Islands. Read more

Former Nauru detainee describes 'horrors'

14 September 2012, 14:22 PM

Australia | As the first asylum-seekers since the re introduction of offshore processing spend their first night on Nauru, one woman has spoken out about her year of living in island detention, over a decade ago. Read more

Go Back takes the asylum-seeker debate into schools

Go Back takes the asylum-seeker debate into schools

28 August 2012, 9:38 AM

Australia | SBS, Amnesty International and the Refugee Council of Australia have partnered to create a free school resource pack to promote greater understanding of asylum-seeker experiences.
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Go Back: Behind the scenes at Christmas Island

Go Back: Behind the scenes at Christmas Island

27 August 2012, 17:44 PM

Australia | This week’s return of ‘Go Back to Where You Came From’ on SBS will give Australia its first look inside the Christmas Island detention centre, a setting that delivers some of the series’ tensest moments.  Read more

Nauru-bound asylum seekers skip meals in protest

Nauru-bound asylum seekers skip meals in protest

25 August 2012, 18:12 PM

Asia-Pacific | Asylum seekers at Christmas Island's detention centre are refusing food in protest at plans to transfer them outside Australian territory for their claims to be processed. Read more

Government embraces Pacific Solution measures

Government embraces Pacific Solution measures

13 August 2012, 19:52 PM

Australia | The federal government will restore a key plank of John Howard's Pacific Solution by reopening the controversial asylum seeker detention centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea that it shut down four years ago.
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Asylum plan: PNG leader prepared to offer Manus

Asylum plan: PNG leader prepared to offer Manus

13 August 2012, 19:28 PM

Asia-Pacific | Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says his government is prepared to offer Manus Island as a regional processing centre for asylum seekers if approached by
Australia. Read more

Asylum plan 'a return to Howard era'

Asylum plan 'a return to Howard era'

13 August 2012, 18:44 PM

Australia | The Australian Greens have labelled a recommendation to reopen asylum seeker processing centres on Nauru and Manus Island in Papua New Guinea as a return to the "bad old days" of the Howard government. Read more

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