The death of a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee in Papua New Guinea is the sixth fatality on Manus Island in four years.
An Iranian asylum seeker transferred to mainland hospital facilities for treatment has been declared 'brain dead'.
Scores of refugees on Nauru have been arrested after continuing protests, Australian refugee advocates claim.
Refugee advocates have criticised the Australian government’s $55 million refugee resettlement agreement with Cambodia after an Iranian couple decided to return home.
Developments surrounding alleged leaked Manus Island reports and the condition of an Iranian asylum seeker on life support are keeping debate over Australia's overseas immigration detention in the spotlight.
Scott Morrison says PNG agreed to relax a decade-old agreement to allow the deportation of a group of West Papuans from Australia, back to PNG.
Refugee advocates say security staff at Manus Island detention centre have seized the leaders of a hunger strike and put them in a high-security isolation unit.
US authorities will start informing refugees on Manus Island and Nauru of resettlement decisions from Wednesday.
The death of a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee in Papua New Guinea is the sixth fatality on Manus Island in four years.
An elderly Afghan asylum seeker will be able to remain in Australia after the Federal Court placed an injunction on the government's attempt to deport him.
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