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IMMIGRATION PAID OUT $230,000 IN COMPENSATION CLAIMS LAST YEAR, FOI DOCUMENTS SHOW
'This is intentional harm' Getting compensation from Australia's Immigration Department can be a formidable task, something Ms O'Connor SC knows too well... READ MORE›
DOES AUSTRALIA RUN THE MOST GENEROUS REFUGEE PROGRAM PER CAPITA IN THE WORLD?
In addition to offshore resettlement, in 2016, 6,567 people arrived in Australia seeking asylum who were recognised as refugees... READ MORE›
PAPUA NEW GUINEA POLICE EVICT REMAINING ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM AUSTRALIAN-RUN DETENTION CAMP
Men occupy the closed Manus Island immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea, November 23, 2017... READ MORE›
PNG POLICE END LONG STANDOFF WITH REFUGEES AT AUSTRALIA DETENTION CAMP
Around 600 men, most of them with refugee status, were left stuck on Manus since 2013 with diminishing hope of resettlement... READ MORE›
PAPUA NEW GUINEAS POLICE STORM MANUS ISLAND REFUGEE CAMP
The Papua New Guinea authorities' aggressive move, which Australia's immigration minister confirmed was taking place, represented an escalation of the conflict over the Manus center... READ MORE›
PAPUA NEW GUINEAN POLICE EVICT ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM AUSTRALIAN-RUN CAMP, UNHCR DECRIES FORCE USED
Australia steadfastly refuses to allow them entry under its strict sovereign borders policy and the asylum seekers have refused to resettle in Papua New Guinea... READ MORE›
PNG POLICE ENTER AUSTRALIA'S MANUS ISLAND ASYLUM CAMP
Papua New Guinea shares some but it was Australia that forced these people to go there, she added... READ MORE›
PNG POLICE ORDER PROTESTING ASYLUM SEEKERS OUT OF AUSTRALIAN-RUN CAMP
Australia opened the camps in a bid to stem a flow of asylum seekers making dangerous voyages by boat to its shores... READ MORE›
ASYLUM SEEKERS SAY POLICE HAVE ENTERED ABANDONED AUSTRALIAN-RUN DETENTION CAMP IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Police enter abandoned Australian-run detention camp in Papua New Guinea refugees... READ MORE›
PAPUA NEW GUINEA POLICE ENTER ABANDONED AUSTRALIAN-RUN DETENTION CAMP
Asylum seekers said they climbed onto rooftops and hid in toilets to avoid the police... READ MORE›
'LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT': REFUGEE WHO MET HIS WIFE ON MANUS PLEADING TO STAY
Refugee Alex Rashid met the love of his life on Manus Island, now he's fighting to stay with her and his family... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA SHOULD ACCEPT NEW ZEALAND OFFER TO RESETTLE DETAINED REFUGEES
Australia should accept New Zealand offer to resettle detained refugees UNHCR... READ MORE›
PNG THREATENS TO FORCIBLY REMOVE ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM ABANDONED AUSTRALIAN DETENTION CENTER
Workers dismantle structures in Lombrum detention camp on Manus island, Papua New Guinea, November 13, 2017... READ MORE›
'ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN'
Manus Island asylum seekers and refugees have shared their fears as they expect to be forced to leave the detention camp... READ MORE›
PAPUA NEW GUINEA TO BEGIN FORCIBLE REMOVAL OF ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM DETENTION CENTER
Under that deal, up to 1,250 asylum seekers could be sent to the United States and Australia will in turn accept refugees from Central America... READ MORE›
AUTHORITIES START OPERATION TO REMOVE 600 REFUGEES FROM MANUS ISLAND CENTER
, descriptionText Australia will close its controversial Manus Island detention center, the Papua New Guinea government said... READ MORE›
U.N. WATCHDOG TELLS AUSTRALIA TO CHANGE ITS MIGRATION LAWS
Australia should also consider closing the Christmas Island detention center, which was too remote to ensure protection of people held there, it said... READ MORE›
PAPUA NEW GUINEA STARTS DISMANTLING DETENTION CAMP, THREATENS FORCIBLE EVICT OF ASYLUM SEEKERS
Australia's Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said on Thursday that the situation was unacceptable...but the government won't be backing down ... READ MORE›
PNG THREATENS TO 'APPREHEND' PROTESTING MANUS REFUGEES
These people don't want to leave this detention centre and go to another detention centre... READ MORE›
PAPUA NEW GUINEA COURT REJECTS BID TO RESTORE SERVICES TO ASYLUM-SEEKER CAMP
Dozens of them also need medical help, three asylum seekers said, in a stand-off that the United Nations has described as a looming humanitarian crisis ... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA TURNS DOWN NZ OFFER TO TAKE ASYLUM SEEKERS BARRICADED INSIDE CAMP
About 600 men have barricaded themselves inside the camp on remote Manus island in Papua New Guinea, defying efforts by Australia and PNG to shut it... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA REFUSES NZ OFFER ON MANUS ISLAND REFUGEES
Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has turned down a renewed offer from New Zealand to resettle some refugees from a Papua New Guinea detention centre... READ MORE›
UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TELLS TURNBULL GOVERNMENT TO RESTORE SERVICES TO MANUS IMMEDIATELY
He called on the Australian Government to restore services immediately... READ MORE›
UN IMPLORES AUSTRALIA TO RESUME FEEDING 'STARVING' REFUGEES AT REMOTE CAMP
Remote manus island centre, closed this week, is part of australia's disputed immigration policy... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALAND OFFER TO TAKE 150 REFUGEES COULD HELP AUSTRALIA DEFUSE PNG STAND-OFF
New Zealand residents are allowed to live in Australia without visas... READ MORE›
MANUS ISLAND REFUGEES DIG FOR WATER AS AUSTRALIA CLOSES CAMP
Hundreds of refugees have been forced to dig wells in search of water in a tense standoff on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island... READ MORE›
U.N. REFUGEE COMMISSIONER SAYS AUSTRALIA MUST STOP 'UNFOLDING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS' IN PNG
An undated image released on November 1, 2017 shows electricity generators being removed from the compounds at the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA HAS STRANDED HUNDREDS OF REFUGEES ON A REMOTE ISLAND
Australia shuts down Manus Island detention center, leaving hundreds of refugees stranded... READ MORE›
ASYLUM SEEKERS BARRICADED IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA CAMP CALL FOR AID
There was still major earthworks in progress, he told Australian Broadcasting Corp radio... READ MORE›
FIJI SECURITY GUARDS HEADED FOR MANUS AS TENSIONS MOUNT OVER CENTRE'S CLOSURE
They have been chosen to serve under Paladin Solutions Papua New Guinea for the task of looking after asylum seekers on Manus Island... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : East Lorengau
MELBOURNE NAMED WORLD'S MOST LIVEABLE CITY, FOR FIFTH YEAR RUNNING
Melbourne has topped The Economist's liveability rankings for a fifth consecutive year... READ MORE›
TRUMP IN 'WORST CALL' WITH TURNBULL
A phone call between US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has called into question a refugee resettlement deal... READ MORE›
TRUMP ON 'TOUGH' CALLS WITH WORLD LEADERS
Believe me, when you hear about the tough phone calls I'm having, don't worry about it, Trump said Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington... READ MORE›
HOW EUROPE'S FAR RIGHT FELL IN LOVE WITH AUSTRALIA'S IMMIGRATION POLICY
Signatories to the UN refugee convention are, however, obliged to assess the claims of asylum seekers reaching their shores... READ MORE›
SO YOU WANT TO MOVE TO AUSTRALIA? HERE'S A HOW-TO GUIDE
Migrants can apply for permanent residency in Australia under various different visas... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL LOST VOICES OF THE WORLDS REFUGEES
In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA WILL SPEND UP TO $250 MILLION HOUSING MANUS REFUGEES
Australia will spend up to 250 million housing Manus refugees... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S REFUGEE ORDER TRIGGERS PROTESTS ACROSS AUSTRALIA
Similar protests were held in Canberra, Newcastle and Hobart, while hundreds attended an anti-Trump rally in Melbourne on Friday... READ MORE›
OUSTED AUSTRALIAN LEADER URGES HARD LINE FROM EUROPE
As public criticism of the camps has increased, the Australian government has tried with little success to resettle asylum seekers in third countries... READ MORE›
REFUGEE HAMED SHAMSHIRIPOUR FOUND DEAD ON MANUS ISLAND
An asylum seeker being held at an Australian detention camp on Manus Island has been found dead, hanging from a tree... READ MORE›
ASYLUM SEEKER FOUND DEAD IN AUSTRALIA-RUN CENTRE
Australia agreed to close the Manus Island centre last year after a PNG court ruled that detaining asylum seekers and refugees there was unconstitutional... READ MORE›
REFUGEES AFRAID, CONFUSED AS MANUS DETENTION CENTRE SHUTDOWN BEGINS
Australia has set an August deadline for refugees to accept an offer of tens-of-thousands of dollars to return to the countries they fled... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA PM SAYS CLAIMS ARE FALSE
Malcolm Turnbull calls Amnesty International's claims of abuse of refugees on South Pacific island absolutely false ... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA TO PAY $53M TO MANUS ISLAND ASYLUM SEEKERS
The United States is considering resettling up to 1,250 refugees from Manus Island and Nauru under a deal struck between Australia and the Obama administration... READ MORE›
HOW CORRUPT PNG CASH IS REACHING AUSTRALIA
The law firm is owned by Australian Greg Sheppard and his business partner Harvey Maladina... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT TO PAY MILLIONS IN COMPENSATION TO MANUS DETAINEES
Manus Island detainees will receive 70 million in the settlement of a class action against the Australian government... READ MORE›
WHY IS IT LEFT TO US NGOS TO EXPOSE AUSTRALIAN MINING'S WRONGDOING IN AFRICA?
The economy of Eritrea has experienced considerable growth in recent years, explains the website for Australian mining company Danakali... READ MORE›
LEAK REVEALS CHILDREN SEXUALLY ABUSED AT PRISON
Australia said it was seeking to confirm that all reports had been dealt with by Nauru police... READ MORE›
IS THERE A FRONT DOOR, AND ARE 'BOAT PEOPLE' JUMPING THE QUEUE?
Australian politicians including Prime Minister Tony Abbott have said Australia's refugee and humanitarian program is the front door that refugees and asylum seekers must use... READ MORE›
WILL AUSTRALIAN COMPASSION FOR REFUGEES IN EUROPE STRETCH TO THOSE COMING HERE?
The politicians from all parties calling for Australia to do more mean it too... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA AND US REACH DEAL TO RESETTLE ASYLUM SEEKERS ON NAURU AND MANUS ISLAND
Australia and the US have reached a resettlement deal for asylum seekers held in offshore detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru... READ MORE›
PACIFIC LEADERS VOICE FRUSTRATION OVER AUSTRALIA'S POSITION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Australia and New Zealand are the economic powerhouses among the 16 nations making up the Pacific Islands Forum... READ MORE›
UN LASHES AUSTRALIAN 'CONTEMPT AND HOSTILITY' TOWARD ASYLUM SEEKERS
"Too often, governments try to avoid their legal obligations to refugees and victims of human trafficking by characterising them all as 'migrants', labelling victims of abuse as 'illegal'," it says... READ MORE›
EXPLORE THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA'S ASYLUM SEEKER POLICY
Australia's asylum seeker policy has been criticised by advocacy groups and human rights organisations as draconian and inhumane... READ MORE›
PEOPLE SMUGGLERS BACK IN ACTION IN INDONESIA
However Mr Honoris said he hoped the change in leadership would bring fresh air to the Indonesia-Australia bilateral relations... READ MORE›
9 INJURED IN MANUS SHOOTING IMMIGRATION CONFIRMS
Mr Pezzullo said his department had advised the minister several times the atmosphere at the centre and its surrounds has been one characterised increasingly by tensions... READ MORE›
U.S. TO RESETTLE AUSTRALIA'S REFUGEES LANGUISHING ON ISLANDS
The Obama administration had agreed to resettle refugees among almost 1,300 asylum seekers held at Australia's expense on the island nations of Nauru and Papua New Guinea... READ MORE›
MANUS REFUGEES 'DENIED WORK, TRAVEL RIGHTS'
Australia and Papua New Guinea's memorandum of understanding says those moved to East Lorengau will be treated with dignity and respect under the relevant human-rights conventions... READ MORE›
GUARDS AT AUSTRALIAN-RUN DETENTION CAMP 'FILMED THEMSELVES GETTING SEXUAL FAVOURS FROM REFUGEES'
Nauru Guards at Australian-run detention camp 'filmed themselves getting sexual favours from refugees'... READ MORE›
'WORLD OF DIFFERENCE' BETWEEN SYRIANS AUSTRALIA WILL HELP AND THOSE IN DETENTION
World of difference between syrians to be resettled in australia and those on manus island and nauru tony abbott... READ MORE›