Asylum seekers
'Let us out, let us live in peace': Tamil mum asks to go home to Biloela
Fresh from victory in the Federal Court a Tamil mother wants government to give her family a normal life in Australia after two years in detention.
- by Rachel Eddie
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Immigration
Tamil family on Christmas Island wins Federal Court case
A Tamil asylum seeker family detained on Christmas Island has won a legal battle in the Federal Court, which found two-year-old Tharunicaa was denied procedural fairness.
- by Rachel Eddie
Rohingya
Two dozen Rohingya die of starvation on drifting boat; 382 rescued
Bangladesh coastguard officials say the ship was drifting for weeks after failing to reach Malaysia, and it is believe more boats may remain adrift.
- by Ruma Paul
Coronavirus pandemic
Refugees protest in Brisbane amid coronavirus fears
Refugees at a makeshift detention centre in inner Brisbane are worried about the spread of COVID-19 given the cramped conditions they're living in.
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Education
'Stoic, resilient, committed': Refugee children achieving better than peers
Refugee children in Australia are well adjusted and beating their non-refugee peers in academic achievement and behaviour.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Literature
'I wanted every sentence to be quote worthy': debut novelist Vivian Pham
The acclaimed young author Vivian Pham talks about her knockout debut novel, The Coconut Children.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
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Infrastructure
'Life-changing program' puts refugees, asylum seekers on right track
Abdi Roble is helping shape Victoria's future transport network - it's an opportunity he never thought he would get after arriving in Australia just three years ago.
- by Emma Sullivan and Mie Sorensen
Peter Dutton
People-smuggling boat off Australia stopped and turned back
A people-smuggling boat carrying eight people have been intercepted off the coast of Western Australia and turned back to Indonesia.
- by Anthony Galloway
Good Weekend
Inspired by her father's escape, teenage debut novelist Vivian Pham is set to become a voice of her generation
What began as an after-school project turned into a debut novel that has set the Australian publishing industry abuzz. And Vivian Pham is still only 19.
- by Stephanie Wood
Immigration
Minister's adviser gives 'weak' evidence on Tamil family, court hears
Immigration Minister David Coleman's senior adviser has told the Federal Court he can't recall conversations or briefings about the Tamil asylum-seeker family on Christmas Island fighting deportation.
- by Rachel Eddie
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Immigration
'Never heard of anything like this': Advocates stunned by Manus escape
Rohingya refugee Jaivet Ealom asylum seeker tells how his extraordinary escape from Manus Island was influenced by the plot of television series 'Prison Break'.
- by Matthew Knott