asylum seekers

The government has rushed legislation through the lower house that would force hundreds of non-citizens to facilitate their own deportation. 

A watershed High Court ruling has allowed 80 asylum seekers to be released from indefinite detention, the government confirmed on Monday.

It’s been 10 years since the then Labor government introduced punitive measures that left so many families in a precarious position.

In just a matter of hours the Nadesalingam family will be back in their beloved home of Biloela surrounded by the community which loves them.

The sense of urgency mounting around this issue does not sweep aside the need for reasoned and rational policymaking, writes Madeline Gleeson.

Karen Andrews is the first woman to be appointed to the home affairs portfolio. Whether she will bring a change of approach remains to be seen.

Australia must cement its position as a responsible global citizen by resuming refugee settlement and reversing cuts to our humanitarian intake.

Even though the UNHCR has determined Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun is a refugee, her future remains uncertain. The original definition of ‘refugee’ was not developed for women fleeing violence.

US President Donald Trump has today signed an executive order to end the separation of immigrant families at the US/Mexico border.

Following Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s announcement that a new “resettlement arrangement” will see all asylum seekers arriving by boat sent to Papua New Guinea, we thought we’d take a look at the reality of life as a woman in the developing country.

Business and the society in which business operates are not mutually exclusive.

In 2012 Gillian Triggs retired from her position as the Dean of Sydney University Law School to take up a new job as President of the Human Rights Commission.