Labor takes on Dutton with plan to stem false asylum seeker claims

Labor takes on Dutton with plan to stem false asylum seeker claims

Asylum seekers will face a stronger regime to decide their claims to stay in Australia amid concerns some migrants are working for up to 11 years while waiting for their cases to be decided.

  • byDavid Crowe

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‘Inside a dark tunnel’:Asylum seeker family’s life in limbo

‘Inside a dark tunnel’:Asylum seeker family’s life in limbo

“As months rolled by,Kopi started to behave strangely. We noticed that sometimes she was talking to herself or pulling out chunks of her own hair. At other times,she was still biting her arm.”

  • byPriya Nadesalingam andRebekah Holt
Man ‘throws 10-year-old off bridge’ for ‘speaking Ukrainian’

Man ‘throws 10-year-old off bridge’ for ‘speaking Ukrainian’

Attacks against Ukrainians in Germany have increased since Berlin strengthened its support for Kyiv and opened its doors to refugees.

  • byJames Jackson
‘Governments should grow up’:Liberal heavyweight Nick Greiner says refugee limbo must end
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‘Governments should grow up’:Liberal heavyweight Nick Greiner says refugee limbo must end

The former Liberal premier says the plight must end for more than 1000 refugees and asylum seekers who are being refused settlement in Australia because they arrived by boat and were processed on Nauru and Manus Island.

  • byDavid Crowe
Millions of dollars in detention money went to Pacific politicians
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Millions of dollars in detention money went to Pacific politicians

Australia’s Department of Home Affairs oversaw the payment of millions of taxpayer dollars to powerful Pacific Island politicians through a chain of suspect contracts.

  • byNick McKenzie,Michael Bachelard andAmelia Ballinger
Australia urged to redeem itself after ‘leading race to the bottom’ on border laws
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Australia urged to redeem itself after ‘leading race to the bottom’ on border laws

Veteran human rights lawyer Tirana Hassan says she was inspired to action by Australia’s “crueller and crueller” policies during the Howard years.

  • byLatika Bourke
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‘Symbol of hope and inspiration’:Trudeau lauds Albanese in Time’s list of influential people

‘Symbol of hope and inspiration’:Trudeau lauds Albanese in Time’s list of influential people

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been named one of Time’s 100 most influence people of 2023.

  • byLatika Bourke
These offshore detention photos are harrowing. But they’re not real

These offshore detention photos are harrowing. But they’re not real

Social justice legal firm Maurice Blackburn has used artificial intelligence to illustrate the alleged experiences of detainees on Nauru and Manus islands.

  • byAmber Schultz
Migrants start fire at Mexico detention centre,killing 40

Migrants start fire at Mexico detention centre,killing 40

Fearing deportation,migrants started a fire that killed at least 40 people,in one of the deadliest events ever at a Mexican immigration lockup.

  • byMaria Verza
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And a slow day out with Dennis.

‘Lead with love. It will return to you tenfold’

‘Lead with love. It will return to you tenfold’

In this episode of Good Weekend Talks,Kon Karapanagiotidis,founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre,explains the benefits of “welcoming the stranger”.