Australian immigration and asylum
Latest news affecting Australian immigration and asylum from the Guardian
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In its final set of public hearings, royal commission to examine child protection in Australia’s detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island
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Study shows helping new arrivals into employment more quickly would aid Australia’s economy, benefit vulnerable people and improve social cohesion
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Attorney general draws laughs from audience after saying anyone who received a mistaken debt notice could ring Centrelink to sort it out
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'We need leadership – quickly': first-year students on the biggest issue facing Australia
Philippa Adler, Jasper Lindell, Annie Marsh, Sarkis Gattas, Zoe Turner, Philip Brooks and Max KoslowskiUndergraduates beginning their degree courses this week say what they think is the country’s most important priority
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Lawyers for asylum seekers in Melbourne, Sydney and regional Western Australia launch federal court challenge to new policy
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Cartoonist was on 19-day hunger strike over his detention and handling of complaints of sexual assault and abuse
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Iranian fled Manus Island after being wrongly detained, but was then returned to PNG and accused of giving false information on a passport application
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Damning audit finds healthcare provider at Australia’s offshore detention centre deployed four staff with outstanding checks and lost a working-with-children check
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Ranil Wickremesinghe claims compatriots broke the law in trying to flee to Australia but insists it is safe for them to return
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Doctor who treated Manus asylum seeker said a cascading litany of mistakes led to the Iranian’s death, and if he had been moved just 10 metres away, he could’ve survived
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We can stop the boats and also act decently, fairly and transparently
Frank Brennan and othersThe only way forward in dealing with Manus Island and Nauru is for bipartisan commitment to keep the boats stopped while settling refugees in Australia -
The Tasmanian senator and the founder of Youth Without Borders get into a shouting match
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Submission argues ICC should investigate possible crimes ‘committed by individuals and corporate actors’
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Doctors and nurses seemed not to comprehend that asylum seeker was critically ill, even as alarms sounded on his medical equipment
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Aziz tells us about his journey from Sudan to Manus Island, why he left his homeland and why he doesn’t want to go back. We also learn about his family and what he’s told them about life in detention
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Islamic State fighter and dual national believed to have been stripped of citizenship under laws which passed parliament in 2015
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Senate inquiry into offshore detention hears cases of asylum seekers and refugees waiting weeks or months for treatment
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Attorney general George Brandis announces optional protocol to the convention against torture will finally be ratified
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Greens criticise new bill it says gives immigration minister ‘extreme vetting’ powers to cancel visas of people based on place of birth, passport or religion
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Attempt to deport two Nepalese asylum seekers results in one escaping as Papua New Guinea finalises travel documents for those found not to be refugees
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Opposition criticises amendments to Migration Act that would give immigration minister power to require ‘specified class of persons’ to have visas rechecked
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The panel is asked by a Syrian refugee who was shot and tortured why anyone would want to ban him from becoming a citizen in the wake of Trump’s travel ban
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Australia’s prime minister speaks to the Nine Network’s 60 Minutes program about his conversation with the US president
Julie Bishop and Peter Dutton at odds over US refugee deal 'people swap'