Refugees
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New legislation reintroduces temporary protection visas, strips rights of appeal and gives the government greater powers to detain and remove asylum seekers at sea – but delivers very little in return. It does not remove children from detention or increase the humanitarian intake, despite the promises
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Economic conditions restrict locals’ options, asylum seekers are locked up and declared refugees live with uncertainty, threats and abuse
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Unrest seizes Australian-run detention centre as protesters claim they suffer under ‘catastrophic conditions’ and are treated like ‘slaves’
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Bill reintroducing temporary protection visas now depends on Ricky Muir if it is to pass the Senate
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Australia's immigration minister, Scott Morrison, says the government will increase the refugee and humanitarian intake by 7,500 places, subject to Senate approval
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Refugee Action coalition says standoff outside Darwin detention centre ended when women were dragged off the vehicle
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In a new video, the Australian government has begun telling asylum seekers it will grant them only temporary visas, appearing to pre-empt legislation it is attempting to get through parliament
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Government tells asylum seekers they will receive only temporary protection in Australia, even though legislation to establish the visas has yet to pass
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Letters: Does this mean that people are being imprisoned now simply for thought crimes, for sharing an extremist ideology, rather than for what they do?
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Editorial: The UN urgently needs $60m to feed refugees. The richest nations must give it the money it needs
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Simon Jenkins: First thoughts: Western powers were quick to back military action in the Middle East. Now food aid has run out they urgently need to step up the humanitarian response
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‘Neither Nauru or the Australian government will assist them to get to any third country so … they are completely in limbo,’ refugee advocate says
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World Food Programme forced to suspend food voucher scheme to refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt
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Jordan has been widely praised for its efforts but there is hostility towards the million-plus Syrians who have fled war
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Pontiff calls for greater tolerance on visit to Turkey’s President Erdoğan, who has been criticised for authoritarian policies
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Human rights agency criticises proposed law that would allow removal of migrants without considering potential persecution
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Woman’s claim the latest in a string of sexual assault allegations within Australia’s offshore detention centres
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In extraordinary move, asylum seekers held on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea plead for US and Canada ‘to take us out of this miserable situation’
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Detainees are being deprived of basic medical care and clothing, former staff member says
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Prominent Australians, including Bryan Brown and Ita Buttrose, highlight the plight of incarcerated children with song We’re Better Than This
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‘I haven’t been following it,’ says PUP leader, of calls to block laws stripping Australian-born babies of refugee rights
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Greens call bill a ‘radical deviation from Australia’s longstanding commitment to international and human rights law’
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People pulled from sea in incidents near Strait of Sicily, while 270 Syrian refugees were rescued off northern Cyprus
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Indonesia reportedly calls Australian ambassador to a meeting to outline concerns about Scott Morrison’s announcement
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UN officials describing themselves as ‘thieves’ claim money from illegal trade goes to ‘some top guys in the UN’
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Delphine Chedorge, MSF’s head of mission, talks to Katherine Purvis about the challenges of delivering medical aid in Central African Republic
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Questions raised on transfer of refugees from Australian detention centres after it was revealed Cambodia has not legally resettled a refugee in five years
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Government-run camps full to bursting and those outside camps battling to survive as tension rises among local population
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Rights groups express concern over country’s record of sending refugees to countries where they face persecution
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The Australian government says its rule changes will stop asylum seekers travelling to Indonesia and risking their lives at sea, but will it work? And what does it mean for those already there? Paul Farrell and Nick Evershed investigate
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Richard Ackland: Scott Morrison has decided Australia will now refuse to take UNHCR refugees from Indonesia. It’s a new chapter in the wretched management of the immigration portfolio
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Immigration minister says measure will help Indonesia, which he calls a ‘transit country’ for asylum seekers
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In menacing letter, locals warn refugees against stealing jobs and fraternising with island women
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Fast-tracking asylum claims could mean genuine refugees will be returned home, minister’s adviser tells Senate inquiry
Analysis Senate gives Scott Morrison unchecked control over asylum seekers’ lives