The number of Australians who felt immigration was too high also increased in the past year from 34 per cent last year to 37 per cent this year... READ MORE›
Ricketson's Australian family members say he is in declining health in the prison and there are grave fears for his life unless he is released soon... READ MORE›
Men occupy the closed Manus Island immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea, November 23, 2017... READ MORE›
Around 600 men, most of them with refugee status, were left stuck on Manus since 2013 with diminishing hope of resettlement... READ MORE›
All Manus refugees removed from detention centre PNG police... READ MORE›
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›
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›
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull denounced the holdout by the refugees... READ MORE›
Papua New Guinea shares some but it was Australia that forced these people to go there, she added... READ MORE›
Australia opened the camps in a bid to stem a flow of asylum seekers making dangerous voyages by boat to its shores... READ MORE›
Police enter abandoned Australian-run detention camp in Papua New Guinea refugees... READ MORE›
Hundreds of men have refused to leave the Manus Island centre since it was shut down on 31 October, citing fears for their safety... READ MORE›
They think this is some way they can pressure the Australian government to let them come to Australia... READ MORE›
Asylum seekers said they climbed onto rooftops and hid in toilets to avoid the police... READ MORE›
Former Australians of the year have penned an open letter urging the nation's political leaders to address the unfolding 'human disaster' on Manus Island... READ MORE›
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›
In Manila, Mr Turnbull has been seen as Mr Trump's new buddy... READ MORE›
Australia should accept New Zealand offer to resettle detained refugees UNHCR... READ MORE›
Workers dismantle structures in Lombrum detention camp on Manus island, Papua New Guinea, November 13, 2017... READ MORE›
Manus Island asylum seekers and refugees have shared their fears as they expect to be forced to leave the detention camp... READ MORE›
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›
Mr Peters has made it clear New Zealand's offer also includes refugees and asylum seekers in Australian detention centres in Nauru... READ MORE›
Violent scenes have erupted at a Sydney fundraising event for Tony Abbott, with protesters clashing with police and guests, including the former prime minister's sister... READ MORE›
, descriptionText Australia will close its controversial Manus Island detention center, the Papua New Guinea government said... READ MORE›
Donald Trump arrives in Da Nang on Friday, a seaside resort chosen by Vietnam to hold the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Apec conference... READ MORE›
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›
Australia's Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said on Thursday that the situation was unacceptable...but the government won't be backing down ... READ MORE›
These people don't want to leave this detention centre and go to another detention centre... READ MORE›
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 has detained asylum seekers who come by boat on PNG's Manus Island and on the Pacific Island of Nauru, under a controversial offshore detention policy... READ MORE›
President Trump speaks on the phone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office on Jan. 28, 2017... READ MORE›
New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English has confirmed that he offered to take refugees from Australia's asylum seeker detention centre on Manus Island... READ MORE›
The US-Australia deal involving refugees held on Nauru and Manus Island was struck last year when Barack Obama was US president... READ MORE›
Donald Trump told Malcolm Turnbull 'you are worse than I am' on refugees during call, leaked transcript reveals... READ MORE›
We are a generous multicultural immigration nation like the United States but the Government decides, the people's representatives decides... READ MORE›
President Donald J. Trump and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull spoke by phone for twenty-five minutes today... READ MORE›
The Charlottesville fallout and what to make of Trump's views on white supremacy... READ MORE›
A phone call between US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has called into question a refugee resettlement deal... READ MORE›
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›
Among them were pregnant women and women that came to Australia for treatment after being sexually assaulted on Nauru... READ MORE›
Prime Minister Turnbull Mr. President, I think this will make you look like a man who stands by the commitments of the United States... READ MORE›
At the Softex refugee camp in northern Greece, it is lighter by night than it is by day... READ MORE›
Australia's prime minister has told reporters he won't critique every one of the US president's policy decisions... READ MORE›
According to an Australian government report, the average length of time refugees spend in detention is 469 days, and steadily increasing... READ MORE›
Signatories to the UN refugee convention are, however, obliged to assess the claims of asylum seekers reaching their shores... READ MORE›
Migrants can apply for permanent residency in Australia under various different visas... READ MORE›
Mr Howard became Prime Minister halfway through Bill Clinton's presidency in 1996... READ MORE›
US President Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order tightening America's borders, but Australian tourists travelling to the US will largely not be impacted... READ MORE›
Australia will spend up to 250 million housing Manus refugees... READ MORE›
Similar protests were held in Canberra, Newcastle and Hobart, while hundreds attended an anti-Trump rally in Melbourne on Friday... READ MORE›
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›
Australia will pay 70 million Australian dollars 56m to asylum seekers detained in Papua New Guinea PNG, after a senior judge approved a major compensation package... READ MORE›
Top opposition figure suffers multiple gunshot wounds by unknown attackers at his residence in Dodoma city... READ MORE›
Donald Trump says he 'hates taking' asylum seekers 'I guarantee you they are bad'... READ MORE›
He also rejected Mr Turnbull's claim that most of those seeking asylum are economic refugees as disingenuous... READ MORE›
We don't have any plans to import more refugees from Nauru to Cambodia Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak told the Cambodia Daily... READ MORE›
Australia shuts down Manus Island detention center, leaving hundreds of refugees stranded... READ MORE›
He called on the Australian Government to restore services immediately... READ MORE›
The Australian government and its contractors have offered compensation totalling A 70m ?41m 53m to refugees detained in Papua New Guinea... READ MORE›
The Trump administration and its allies will deal with North Korea if China does not, US Vice-President Mike Pence says... READ MORE›
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