Asylum seekers
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.
- by Colleen Barry and Maria Grazia Murru
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Human rights
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.
- by Sarah Dale
Labor wants Australia to pay countries to take former detainees
The proposed laws come as former immigration detainees are told they are freed from curfews and electronic monitoring after a High Court challenge.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Labor back to drawing board on ankle bracelet laws after High Court defeat
The High Court ruled that forcing former immigration detainees to wear ankle bracelets and live under curfews is unlawful, in a massive blow to the Albanese government that Tony Burke vowed to counter with new laws.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Neo-Nazis pepper-sprayed after attempting to disrupt refugee rally
Police dispersed a balaclava-clad group near a refugee encampment on Tuesday night, sending them running as demonstrators cheered.
- by Cassandra Morgan
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Immigration
Student visa desperation: Appeals blow out, asylum claims climb
Former immigration department official Abdul Rivsi said it was probably the highest proportion of students claiming asylum since the Tiananmen Square massacre.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Immigration
No maps, no GPS, no training: How 44 people survived being turned back in the Timor Sea
Many members of the group tried to reach Australia after seeing a TikTok video promising them high wages. They never made it.
- by Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
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Immigration
Asylum claims at six-year high as record numbers await decision
The list of people in limbo is growing by about 1000 a month as huge backlogs and five-year appeal wait times expose the immigration system to exploitation.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Immigration
This rule puts Border Force workers above the law – and it was just quietly extended
The government has renewed a rule that exempts Operation Sovereign Borders staff from the need to take “reasonable care” not to harm asylum seekers at sea.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Immigration
Asylum seeker dies in Melbourne a day after self-immolation
Mano Yogalingam had been part of a protest demanding permanent residency for more than 8000 people who arrived in Australia by boat more than a decade ago.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Henrietta Cook
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National security
‘Judgment was sacrificed to ambition’: Malcolm Turnbull’s ASIO folly rightly reversed
Despite the warnings of Australia’s most senior national security professionals, Peter Dutton and Mike Pezzullo convinced Turnbull to act in error.
- by George Brandis
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