Immigration
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White House denies plan to mobilise National Guard troops
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The Trump administration denies it is working on a plan to use the National Guard to help round up illegal immigrants in up to 11 US states.
Topics: donald-trump, immigration, refugees, united-states
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Immigration backflip means six-year-old gets to stay in Australia
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A drawn-out battle with the Immigration Department ends in relief for an English family living in Lennox Head.
Topics: immigration, lennox-head-2478, lismore-2480
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Children at the Tuggeranong Introductory English Centre. image
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Topics: primary-schools, immigration, english, canberra-2600
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Teacher Melissa Aniversario takes a class at the Tuggeranong IEC. image
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Topics: english, primary, immigration, canberra-2600
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Amon and Ayual at the Tuggeranong Introductory English Centre. image
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Topics: english, primary-schools, immigration, canberra-2600
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How migrant and refugee kids learn English before starting school
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The ACT's six Introductory English Centres are giving migrant and refugee children a head start in language and culture.
Topics: english, primary, immigration, human-interest, canberra-2600
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Calls for 'backpacker au pair' visa as families look for childcare alternatives
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There are calls to formalise the so-called "backpacker au pair" role and create a specific visa to ensure safeguards are in place for workers and families.
Topics: immigration, work, child-care, australia
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The struggle to teach Syria's children in tents and barns
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As the war enters its sixth year, teachers in Syria's refugee camps are trying to make do with the little they have — but the students there face a bleak future in a life disrupted by war.
Topics: refugees, community-and-society, immigration, education, unrest-conflict-and-war, poverty, syrian-arab-republic
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Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, education, schools, unrest-conflict-and-war, syrian-arab-republic
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Contractors arrive on Manus Island to interview refugees about US resettlement
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Contractors arrive on Manus Island to begin interviews with refugees about resettlement in the United States.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, government-and-politics, papua-new-guinea, australia, united-states
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Australia's offshore detention centres 'a crime against humanity'
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A submission before the International Criminal Court argues that Australia's offshore immigration detention centres constitute a crime against humanity, and federal governments have attempted to avoid responsibility by contracting out the facilities.
Topics: immigration, federal-government, refugees, community-and-society, australia
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Freiland photos of 1990s Berlin reflect today's immigration debate (audio)
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Photos of Berlin from the early 1990s document a space created by stateless workers where the wall once stood.
Topics: fine-art-photography, library-museum-and-gallery, immigration, 20th-century, human-interest, history, canberra-2600
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Jacqui Lambie may field party candidates at 2018 Tasmanian election
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Independent senator Jacqui Lambie says she is considering fielding candidates for her own political party at the next Tasmanian election if nothing is done to fix the state's health system.
Topics: government-and-politics, immigration, refugees, states-and-territories, health-policy, elections, tas
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Accusations that NZ citizenship is "up for sale" Audio
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He's the tech billionaire with the ear of new US President Donald Trump.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, immigration, pacific, new-zealand
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Finding an affordable rental in Sydney as a refugee
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Iraqi and Syrian refugees are struggling to find places to live in Sydney, with non-profit organisations calling on the Federal Government to step up funding to provide more affordable housing.
Topics: housing-industry, refugees, immigration, government-and-politics, fairfield-2165, sydney-2000
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Manus Island detainees beg for help with deportations looming
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Asylum seekers at Australia's offshore detention centre on Manus Island are begging for help as Papua New Guinean and Australian authorities prepare to deport them.
Topics: refugees, immigration, government-and-politics, federal-government, community-and-society, australia, papua-new-guinea
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Lambie takes on Islamic youth leader over sharia law
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Outspoken independent senator Jacqui Lambie gets into a shouting match over sharia law with Yassmin Abdel-Magied, a former Queensland Young Australian of the Year, on Q&A.
Topics: islam, government-and-politics, immigration, australia
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Trump officials could be forced to give evidence in immigration case
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Trump administration officials could be forced to give evidence to uncover "what truly motivated" President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration if the case goes to the Supreme Court, a US state Attorney-General says.
Topics: immigration, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, donald-trump, united-states
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Trump vows to bring down price of Mexico wall
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US President Donald Trump pushes back on assertions that the wall he wants built on the US border with Mexico will cost more than anticipated and says he will find a way to reduce the price.
Topics: immigration, world-politics, united-states, mexico
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Donald Trump says he is considering new executive order on immigration. Video
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US President Donald Trump says he is considering issuing a new travel ban executive order, while the White House says an appeal to the Supreme Court over the ban is still possible.
Topics: world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, donald-trump, immigration, united-states
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Trump's travel ban mired in legal challenge: law expert Video
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Dr William Partlett, a senior lecturer at Melbourne Law School, tells Beverley O'Connor it could be many months before the legality of Donald Trump's immigration ban is resolved in the courts.
Topics: immigration, law-crime-and-justice, world-politics, united-states
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Full text: Read the appeals court ruling on Trump's travel ban
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Read the full text of the appeals court ruling against US president Donald Trump's executive order that restricted travellers from seven predominantly Muslim nations.
Topics: world-politics, courts-and-trials, immigration, united-states
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'SEE YOU IN COURT': Trump slams appeals court ruling on travel ban
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A US federal appeals court upholds the suspension of President Donald Trump's travel ban that restricted travellers from seven predominantly Muslim nations.
Topics: immigration, world-politics, courts-and-trials, donald-trump, united-states
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Iranian refugee told he cannot receive hospital treatment until bail application heard
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A 20-year-old Iranian refugee who is being treated for dehydration and mental illness in Papua New Guinea is told he cannot receive treatment until his bail application is heard.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, mental-health, health, papua-new-guinea, fiji, iran-islamic-republic-of
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Topics: community-and-society, family-and-children, family, business-economics-and-finance, environmentally-sustainable-business, small-business, livestock, immigration, livestock-welfare, rural, agricultural-crops, grain, rupanyup-3388
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