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| UpdatedA retired United States immigration judge says two Rwandan men who were resettled in Australia posed a threat to the safety and security of the US.
Topics: refugees, world-politics, foreign-affairs, australia, united-states, rwanda
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| UpdatedA retired United States immigration judge says two Rwandan men who were resettled in Australia after being accused of murdering two Americans posed a threat to the safety and security of the US.
Topics: refugees, government-and-politics, world-politics, obama-barack, turnbull-malcolm, community-and-society, immigration-policy, immigration, australia
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More than 20 refugees living on Manus Island have attempted self-harm or suicide since the Federal Election, according to refugees and advocates who say the situation is now "out of control".
Topics: refugees, immigration, world-politics, government-and-politics, papua-new-guinea, pacific
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| UpdatedA woman who thought she had lost a set of priceless family heirlooms has them returned to her, after they were discovered by a family of asylum seekers in a pair of socks picked up through a charity clothing drive.
Topics: refugees, human-interest, charities, community-and-society, charities-and-community-organisations, immigration, canberra-2600, australia, act
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Meet the man who does more than just collect trolleys — he lifts people with his daily jokes, positive personality and an unforgettable smile.
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| UpdatedAs Europe stands at the precipice of further integration or a stark return to the supremacy of nation states, one member — Hungary — is showing what might happen if the latter route is chosen.
Topics: states-and-territories, refugees, censorship, print-media, media, information-and-communication, world-politics, globalisation---economy, globalisation---society, immigration-policy, immigration, european-union, hungary
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| UpdatedPariya Taherzadeh was only eight months old when she escaped post-revolution Iran with her mother Jaleh in the dead of night on the back of a camel.
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| UpdatedThree Australian orphans of an Islamic State foreign fighter from Melbourne are being held in a Syrian refugee camp, sparking a delicate diplomatic struggle over their future.
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When the rebels started killing foreigners, Elizabeth fled into the forest. Twenty years later, news that two of the men have been resettled in Australia has left Elizabeth sad, but relieved.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, refugees, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states, rwanda, australia
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| UpdatedAs news of Bob Hawke's death sweeps through the country, the Chinese-Australian community expresses gratitude towards the Labor legend's promise to allow Chinese students to stay after the 1989 Tiananmen massacre.
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| UpdatedHe declared the refugee swap agreed by Malcolm Turnbull and Barack Obama "a stupid deal". But the revelation that two alleged murderers were settled in Australia shows Donald Trump may have had the last laugh.
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| UpdatedThe Perth father of a 27-year-old man brutally murdered by a Rwandan militia is left devastated after discovering two of his son's alleged killers were resettled in Australia without his knowledge.
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| UpdatedTwo Rwandan men accused of hacking tourists to death in a Ugandan national park in 1999 are now in Australia after being brought from the US as part of a refugee swap discussed by Malcolm Turnbull and Donald Trump.
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Tunisia's navy is searching for survivors after a migrant boat capsized in the Mediterranean, killing at least 65 people.
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| UpdatedRichard Di Natale compared the Coalition's spending on the detention centre with new money set aside to fight climate change. RMIT ABC Fact Check found the comparison to be overblown.
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| UpdatedSupport services staff for former Manus Island detainees say they were asked by their supervisors to change documents to make it appear they were fulfilling part of a $44 million Australian contract.
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The torture and imprisonment of children as young as nine in Iraq for alleged Islamic State membership could be creating a new generation of Islamic extremists, as nations across the globe face the challenge of what to do with thousands of detained Islamic State families.
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government found itself blindsided by the case of the first known refugee from Australia, who found asylum in Canada on the grounds that local authorities blew his cover as a crime gang informant then failed to protect him, documents obtained by the ABC reveal.
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