Parliamentary committee warns international human rights obligations could be breached under new regime

The Australian government is spending millions of dollars a year to house asylum seekers, yet many say they can not afford food and are forced to skip meals

From the safety of Australia, I watch in despair as my loved ones in Kabul navigate this digital darkness – a calculated effort to silence dissent

Exclusive: A sixteenfold increase in the original contract without public notification raises allegations of ‘gross mismanagement’ and a process ‘run out of control’

The US president made at least five spurious claims ranging from climate change and immigration to ending wars

The Pacific island will resettle up to 354 former detainees Canberra says have ‘no legal right to remain in Australia’.

Legislation validates flawed decisions, cuts off appeals and gives government sweeping powers to deport people, campaigners claim

Greens senator David Shoebridge accuses Tony Burke of ‘doing his Peter Dutton impression, dog-whistling and punching down on migrants’

The Australian government struck a A$400 million (US$260 million) deal with Nauru to deport 280 people to the small Pacific island nation.

We must fight for the Australia we wish to see – the one that welcomed me, an unaccompanied minor orphaned by war

We must fight for the Australia we wish to see – the one that welcomed me, an unaccompanied minor, orphaned by war * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast At this moment, a democratically elected government of a western nation is preparing to pass a bill that would see non-citizens deported without giving them proper warning or the chance to challenge the decision. That same government is making secret deals worth almost half a billion dollars with questionable overseas regimes to ship migrants and refugees offshore, all while avoiding accountability and scrutiny. Elijah Buol OAM is a former refugee and CEO of the Asylum Seekers Centre in Sydney Continue reading...

In an opinion piece published by The Canberra Times, Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay criticises the Federal Government proposed amendments to the Migration Act. She argues the proposed chang...

Australia and Nauru signed an agreement on Friday to allow the Australian government to deport formerly detained people without valid visas to the tiny island nation

Australia will pay Nauru hundreds of millions of dollars to accept non-citizens who don't have a valid visa...

There is continued tension around the use of hotels for asylum seekers, with weekend protests in multiple cities in the UK.

Marah Abu Zuhri, 20, arrived in Pisa on an Italian humanitarian flight along with other critical patients

Companies controlled by Finks bikie leader Ali Bilal have been engaged since at least February to a Nauru government agency that provides escort security services to the detention centre, community sa...

ALP MLC Stephen Lawrence criticises ‘slow and steady demonisation of protest’ in NSW

Exclusive: Asylum seekers say accessing mosquito nets ‘impossible’ amid warnings virus compounds pre-existing health conditions

Melbourne man Kambiz Razmara says ‘our communities in Iran [face] further devastation, further oppression … it’s just a no-win situation for the Iranians’