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On Tuesday, the Australian government will close the Manus Island regional processing centre in Papua New Guinea. Arguing that they have no safe place to go, nearly all 742 remaining residents are refusing…
Interviews undertaken in refugee camps on the Bangladesh/Myanmar border paint a grim picture that explains why so many Rohingya fled Myanmar so quickly.
Food is a real flashpoint in the power dynamics between asylum seekers and the people looking after them.
Australia’s Human Rights Council election provides an ideal opportunity for it to show leadership and commitment on issues such as refugee flows and the death penalty.
A possible risk from Peter Dutton’s outburst is if his remarks carry any impact in the US.
About 50 refugees from Nauru and Manus Island will leave in the next week to ten days for resettlement in the US.
Like Australia and the US before it, Europe is now flirting with the idea of processing centres for refugees in transit countries.
Indonesia’s decree on refugees honours a customary international law obligation of non-refoulement, or not expelling or returning refugees.
BBC Panorama has exposed violence and abuse of detainees at Brook House immigration removal centre.
Police used water cannons and tear gas to remove a group of migrants and refugees from a square in Rome in August.
The Australian government had and has the power to do things necessary to establish and maintain its immigration detention facility on Manus Island, despite detention violating PNG law.
Australia is the only democratic nation in the world without a national charter of rights or similar.
What is the point of international co-operation in matters of shared concern? According to the UN Charter, its founding member nations were determined to achieve overarching societal progress based on…
Malcolm Turnbull’s opponents, including those reflexively opposed to Australia’s asylum-seeker policies, would be hard put to take exception to the substance of a leaked conversation with US President…
The University of Canberra’s Deep Saini and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
Transcripts of a conversation between Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull reveal Australia’s refugee swap deal with the US may come to nothing.
The University of Canberra’s Michelle Grattan and Frances Shannon discuss the week in politics.
On ABC TV’s The Drum on Monday, author Antony Loewenstein called for a sports boycott of Australia. Loewenstein’s argument was that such a move from other countries could force a change in approach to…
The UNHCR has accused Australia of breaking its word by refusing to allow refugees on Manus Island and Nauru with family in Australia to settle here.
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