Australian immigration and asylum
Latest news affecting Australian immigration and asylum from the Guardian
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New ‘fast-track’ assessments that have been criticised by the UN will apply to children due for mainland transfer under Senate deal
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The immigration minister says he won't take any moral lectures from Labor or the Greens in the wake of new asylum seeker laws passing the Senate
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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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Senator Ricky Muir says he wrestled with the decision of backing changes to asylum seeker laws in the senate
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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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Guardian Australia's Morning Mail Morning Mail: Asylum seeker bill passes Senate, Eric Garner protests, Walkley awards winners
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The Senate crossbench has supported the passing of broad new migration and maritime powers – but what exactly do they mean for the minister, asylum seekers and Australia’s obligations under international law?
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Crossbench senators say amendments to controversial legislation will give hope to thousands of asylum seekers
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House of Representatives will have to sit on Friday as future of controversial temporary visa proposals hangs in balance
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The Palmer United party leader, Clive Palmer, says the creation of the safe haven enterprise visa will provide hope to asylum seekers
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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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Iranian man’s lawyer says he deserves the opportunity to clear his name in court and will contest the charge
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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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How does a social work student, anti-discrimination campaigner and Aids researcher wind up as a juicy story for Channel 7’s Border Security program?
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Immigration minister announces increased humanitarian intake in hope of persuading crossbench senators to back temporary protection visas
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Troy Norris speaks to the ABC about the trauma he suffered conducting border operations and criticises defence’s handling of personnel who need help
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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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Monica Jones claims Border Security producers at Sydney airport knew details of her case she had not told them – and when she put stop to filming ‘immigration got really strict with me’
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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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Chairman Phillip Keir is hopeful Belgiorno-Nettis family will return as major donors to 20th Biennale after breaking ties with Transfield Services, which operates facilities on Nauru and Manus Island
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Iranian women would rather go back to Nauru than go to detention centre near Darwin. They say they were told they would be released into the community
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<strong>Special report:</strong> Immigration increasingly dominates national debate in this country. But what about elsewhere? From the far right making political capital in Scandinavia to border guards pushing migrant boats back to sea in Australia and the millions of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, Guardian correspondents examine the global picture
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Scott Morrison says a regional approach is vital to fight people smuggling, terrorism and crime
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Immigration minister’s office says an asylum seeker vessel was intercepted north of the Cocos Islands and all bar one were returned
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Sri Lanka’s police arrest 37 nationals after they were turned back by Australian authorities near the Indonesian coast
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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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Other gay asylum seekers in the detention centre say they are regularly sexually harassed and assaulted, and have contemplated suicide
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Several medical practitioners with question marks against their record have been employed in Australian immigration detention centres
Cartoon Real letters from Manus asylum seekers, illustrated
Asylum seekers on Manus Island keep writing about the horrific conditions in the camp. Is anybody listening?