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New research shows how a lack of basic information caused by the language barrier can lead to the spread of fake news in refugee communites.
It is almost impossible for asylum seekers held in detention to practise social distancing. For their protection, and that of the wider community, the government must take action now.
The court has found the youngest child, Tharunicca, was denied procedural fairness, which means the case against their deportation will continue.
The use of hotels as alternative sites for detention is a worrying trend, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Asylum seekers rely on informal networks which struggle to operate under social distancing rules.
Television series Stateless examines our treatment of asylum seekers through ‘people like us’. It also highlights how far conditions for people transferred to offshore detention have deteriorated.
A review of more than 18,000 migration appeals cases shows that refugees with access to lawyers are seven times more likely to succeed with their reviews than those without.
There were 8,000 forced relocations in Australia’s immigration detention system in a nearly two-year span. New research shows how distressing and destabilising these movements are for refugees.
We found refugees with insecure visas had poorer mental health than refugees with secure visas. But social interaction with the wider community seems to help.
Now that medevac has been repealed, people will once again rely on ministerial discretion for a medical transfer.
People can find themselves waiting for an asylum decision for many years, facing multiple barriers and struggling to fill the hours in their days.
Fees for everything from green cards to naturalization are not only common, but increasingly costly and mandatory.
No matter how skilled or qualified they are, asylum seekerd say they’ve often forced to take whatever basic job they can just to survive.
Asylum seekers are not permanent residents and have to pay full fees for university courses. Just as doctors led the campaign to get kids off Nauru, academics can advocate for access to education.
The Kindertransport saved thousands of Jewish children from the Nazis before World War II. But planned reforms to UK asylum policy are putting refugee children at risk.
Why do caseworkers and immigration judges not believe that asylum seekers are gay?
Canada should stand up for international law by condemning the American assault on Central American migrants.
From a naval base development to asylum seekers on Manus Island, there were many things the two leaders had to discuss.
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