Australian immigration and asylum
Latest news affecting Australian immigration and asylum from the Guardian
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Nazanin Sahamizadeh says she wants to bring production to Australia to help world hear ‘the voices of refugees’
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Think Trump’s travel ban was bad? Peter Dutton may soon have the power to play God
Elizabeth Colliver and othersTwo bills before parliament would dramatically expand the power of the immigration minister while decreasing transparency and accountability
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David Fawcett says he made a poor choice of words and never intended to describe asylum seekers as ‘fleas’
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Immigration department tells those on fast-track system they will lose welfare payments, Medicare access and even right to claim asylum if forms not completed
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Permanent resident visa to be granted to Nasrin Haque and her daughter after assistant immigration minister intervenes
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Crisis meeting called after at least 70 known cases of the viral disease are reported, including at least 10 asylum seekers and refugees held by Australia
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Officials tell refugees on Manus Island that they have two options: be resettled in Papua New Guinea or go home. In this episode, Aziz tells us why he can’t accept either
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Liberal MP calls for RET to be frozen and immigration to be explicitly linked to issue of housing affordability
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Malcolm Turnbull vows not to be provoked but Mathias Cormann ‘flabbergasted’ at ‘completely unhelpful’ commentary
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Medical fraternity calls immigration department decision ‘reprehensible’ after western Sydney GP Nasrin Haque is told she must leave or be deported
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Immigration minister retreats from claim Australia will not take refugees from Central America until US takes those on Manus and Nauru
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Human rights organisation criticises government for refusal to condemn Trump, treatment of refugees and reported abuses of Indigenous children in detention
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Immigration minister links Australia’s Costa Rica refugee commitment to US resettlement deal for people on Manus Island and Nauru
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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
'Jesus would say let them in' – Father Bob Maguire answers your questions