Tag: Refugees
Govt report recommends 12-month immigration detention limit
No one in immigration detention should not be held for longer than 12 months unless they pose a significant risk to the community, a parliamentary committee has recommended.[MORE]
Refugees return to 'perfect life' in Papua
Two more of the 43 Papuan asylum seekers who arrived in Cape York by boat in 2006 have returned to Indonesia.[MORE]
Vessel off WA coast carrying Sri Lankans: police
Police in Geraldton say a wooden boat found off the West Australian coast is carrying 12 Sri Lankans.[MORE]
Customs monitors mystery boat off WA
Customs officials are monitoring a boat carrying 12 foreign nationals that was intercepted off the Western Australian coast last night. [MORE]
Mystery boat near Shark Bay
A police and customs search has been launched off the WA coast to find a boat which is believed to be carrying up to 20 people. [MORE]
Papuan asylum seekers to return to Indonesia
Twol more Papuans from a group who landed in Cape York two years ago are said to be seeking to return to Indonesia.[MORE]
The undignified years
Under the Howard government, short-term political gains conquered key aspects of liberalism and individual rights were denied at levels far surpassing administrative prudence.[MORE]
Oppn criticises citizenship test changes
The Opposition has criticised the Government's decision to axe the general knowledge quiz about Australia in the citizenship test.[MORE]
Sinking boat: Rescued passengers on way to Christmas Is
The Navy is taking 12 people rescued from a sinking boat off Western Australia's coast to Christmas Island.[MORE]
Navy rescues 12 from sinking boat off WA
The Royal Australian Navy has rescued 12 people from a sinking boat near Ashmore Reef off the West Australian coast.[MORE]
40 Iraqi migrants caught stranded 'en route to Aust'
Forty Iraqi migrants are being questioned by Indonesian authorities after being found stranded on a remote island on their way to Australia, police said.[MORE]
UNHCR to move 60,000 DR Congo refugees
Around 60,000 people displaced by fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are to be moved out of a camp near the city of Goma because of safety fears, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said.[MORE]
A life-changing encounter on the South China Sea
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Foreign Correspondent presenter Mark Corcoran reflects on a life-changing encounter on the South China Sea.[MORE]
Murder charge laid over teen city stabbing
A murder charge has been laid over the city stabbing death of an Adelaide teenager.[MORE]
Police wary of revenge attacks
Police are patrolling areas of Adelaide with a high Sudanese population to prevent possible revenge attacks for Wednesday's fatal stabbing.[MORE]
Rebels advance on strategic DR Congo town
Rebel forces advance to key town as Government troops fall back in DR Congo fighting.[MORE]
Community leaders to meet over stabbing death
The SA Premier calls a meeting of community leaders over the fatal stabbing of a Sudanese teenager.[MORE]
Minister shuns Villawood hunger strikers
Federal Immigration Minister Chris Evans says he has no plans to meet a group of detainees reported to be on a hunger strike.[MORE]
Thousands pray for peace in DR Congo
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Thousands of Congolese in Goma are praying for an end to fighting that threatens regional peace.[MORE]
Villawood detainees go on hunger strike
More than 100 detainees at Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre are on a hunger strike.[MORE]
Climate change refugees to be resettled in PNG
The world's first climate change refugees will be relocated from their Pacific island home to Papua New Guinea by March next year.[MORE]
Refugee reunited with children after decade apart
An Ethiopian refugee living in Melbourne has been reunited with four of his children after a ten year separation.[MORE]
60 refugees found dead on Yemen beach
Sixty corpses of would-be refugees from Somalia and Ethiopia were found on a beach in Yemen over the weekend after smugglers forced many of them overboard, an international aid agency said.[MORE]
Indonesia intercepts Australia-bound asylum seekers
Indonesian authorities have detained at least 20 asylum seekers who were about to head to Australia. [MORE]
UN braces for another 30,000 displaced in DRC
The United Nations refugee agency said it is bracing itself for an estimated 30,000 displaced people fleeing to camps near the city of Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after fresh fighting.[MORE]
