The case provided a platform to lay bare the ugly reality of conditions in detention, and the role of the Commonwealth and its contractors in producing and sustaining those conditions over many years.
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What the political party manifestos say about refugees and asylum seekers.
New research into the health of newly arrived refugee children in Australia gives us clues about how we can help all refugee kids.
The government’s crackdown on so-called ‘fake refugees’ imposes undue stress on an already extremely vulnerable community.
The Tampa incident in 2001 has formed the underlying basis of the approach to asylum seekers attempting to reach Australia by boat ever since.
Peter Dutton has put his credibility in the frame by sticking to his claim about the role of an incident involving a young boy in triggering the Manus Island disturbance that saw Papua New Guinea defence…
Rights and living conditions vary depending where immigrants are detained.
Many refugees are unable to use the skills and knowledge they have brought with them and obtain work equal to their experience.
In Sheffield, a city of new arrivals, creativity is helping newcomers adjust.
Despite Trump’s rhetoric, Mexicans are no longer crossing the border in massive numbers. Data show a new group of migrants is arriving, and for very different reasons.
Hungary is to begin detaining asylum seekers in camps made of shipping containers.
The government’s multicultural statement stays fairly much in the place where rhetoric around the issue has been located for the past generation – social control and integration.
Venezuelans, fleeing hunger and repression at home, have surpassed Central Americans as the top US asylum-seekers.
The Sri Lankan government has made little progress in providing accountability for wartime abuses.
The term ‘genuine refugee’ is thrown around often, yet few know the complicated process of how someone is deemed to be one.
There are double standards underlying the difficulties faced by Afghan asylum seekers in the West.
There are fundamental differences between Libya and Turkey, when it comes to returning migrants.
The government has extended a contract with private security companies G4S and Serco.
Vulnerable children have had their hopes crushed.
A short history of legal challenges to immigrant detention practices in the U.S. may shed light on what’s to come for the new administration.
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