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Effigies of migrants in a boat burn atop the bonfire at Moygashel, Northern Ireland.

‘Fifty people a week’: Fury on both sides of English Channel over migration deal

A deal to stem the flow of asylum seekers from Europe to Britain has been dismissed as too weak, amid forecasts that up to 40,000 people could arrive in the UK this year.

  • David Crowe

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Abou Sangare in The Story of Souleymane.

This French drama is one of the best films I’ve seen this year

You will care deeply about what happens to an asylum seeker preparing for a crucial interview in this very human story.

  • Karl Quinn
The scene in Footscray Mall on Sunday after a man was seriously assaulted.

Former Age photographer dies after Footscray assault

Dominic O’Brien, 62, died after suffering critical injuries during an altercation in Melbourne’s inner west last Sunday.

  • Ashleigh McMillan and Hannah Hammoud
Canstruct allegedly used taxpayer funds to pay for the insurance on luxury goods.

An Aston Martin, fine art and a yacht: Police probe millions spent protecting detention company luxury

Police suspect the company, which made significant profits running offshore detention, may have misused public funds, as a senior official claimed the Nauru government shook down Australia for money.

  • Nick McKenzie
Resistance soldiers from Myanmar recover from wounds inflicted whilst fighting against the Myanmar military Junta.

The teenage chef, the rice farmer – and the day that changed their lives forever

Ko Khant and Min Aung once lived in vastly different worlds, hundreds of kilometres apart. Then came February 1, 2021.

  • Zach Hope and Kate Geraghty
Australian-based academic Seng Sary has admitted he was on the payroll of Cambodian ruler Hun Sen.

Academic who fled Cambodia for Australia was on Hun Sen’s payroll

Melbourne Uni made him a fellow. He posed for a photo with a soon-to-be federal minister, and was considered a hero. But it wasn’t the full picture.

  • Zach Hope
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Petro Georgiou

Petro Georgiou, the ‘conscience of the Liberal Party’, dies at 77

“He combined the skills of an effective political strategist with deep policy insights and an unwavering commitment to liberal values,” said Josh Frydenberg.

  • Tony Wright
Sisters Setara Amiri, left, and Nazifa Hamdani, the star and writer respectively of the Setara chapter of My Melbourne.

Setara fled the Taliban. Now she’s living her dream, as a movie star

Three years after arriving in Australia as a refugee, Setara Amiri is one of the stars of an Australian movie about to be released in India.

  • Karl Quinn
Rescuers attend to the 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone (circled) who was found floating in the Mediterranean Sea.

11-year-old survives floating alone for days after shipwreck

The “exhausted and cold” girl was saved by a German-flagged sailboat after withstanding a three-day storm and big waves.

  • Colleen Barry and Maria Grazia Murru
Illustration: Andrew Dyson

Trump would love these terrifying laws. Why are we passing them without proper debate?

Entire communities of people, based only on where they are from, could be barred from Australia.

  • Sarah Dale

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