Australia quietly ditches $4.6b detention contract with scandal-plagued Serco

Australia quietly ditches $4.6b detention contract with scandal-plagued Serco

The British multinational will no longer run immigration detention centres,ending a partnership that has been riddled with claims of violence,drug trade,neglect and understaffing.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos

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‘Everything else disappears’:How music brings relief in detention centres

‘Everything else disappears’:How music brings relief in detention centres

Philip Feinstein,76,collects donated instruments to deliver to those waiting in immigration detention.

  • byPenry Buckley
Neo-Nazis pepper-sprayed after attempting to disrupt refugee rally

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.

  • byCassandra Morgan
Burke to sign off on every Gazan refugee granted new humanitarian visa

Burke to sign off on every Gazan refugee granted new humanitarian visa

Labor’s visa pathway for Palestinians fleeing the war gives the minister authority over who can apply.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Trump claims ‘bad genes’ to blame for crimes by undocumented migrants

Trump claims ‘bad genes’ to blame for crimes by undocumented migrants

Donald Trump has faced backlash for his rhetoric targeting undocumented immigrants. But his language has grown more dark and vilifying in his latest campaign.

  • byPatrick Svitek
The day that turned their lives to rubble:The escape of three families from Gaza

The day that turned their lives to rubble:The escape of three families from Gaza

Palestinians in Gaza have long experienced violence from Israeli forces,but the war after October 7 has been unlike anything they’ve lived through. These are the stories of three families who fled to Australia this year.

  • bySophie Aubrey
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As refugees,they slept on the ground. Three kids,study and work is ‘nothing’
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As refugees,they slept on the ground. Three kids,study and work is ‘nothing’

When Noël fled the Rwandan regime,his long-time sweetheart Delphine followed.

  • byAmanda Hooton
‘Every day is a living hell’:The Australians languishing in a Syrian detention camp
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‘Every day is a living hell’:The Australians languishing in a Syrian detention camp

Thirty-four Australian women and children,relatives of Islamic State fighters,are trapped in a desert camp in Syria,five years after the fall of IS. They want to know why they have been forgotten.

  • byDeborah Snow
Bibi was given $4 a day to survive. Now that allowance has been cut to zero

Bibi was given $4 a day to survive. Now that allowance has been cut to zero

As humanitarian crises unfold around the globe,the United Nations is looking at its books.

  • byZach Hope andKaruni Rompies
Spy chief spells out dealbreakers for Gaza refugees

Spy chief spells out dealbreakers for Gaza refugees

ASIO director-general Mike Burgess says “people have chosen to distort” comments he made about Palestinians fleeing Gaza last month.

  • byOlivia Ireland andMatthew Knott
Asylum seeker dies in Melbourne a day after self-immolation
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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.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andHenrietta Cook