Horrific stories are emerging of an atrocity in war-ravaged Myanmar,allegedly at the hands of a rebel army,which has denied responsibility.
A person in immigration detention cannot be released just because they fear persecution in their birth country,the federal government will argue in a High Court challenge.
Asian news agencies,one citing an Indonesian official,reported the boat was headed to Australia. Border Force said this was not true.
Fleeing violence and squalid conditions in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh,the persecuted Muslim minority from Myanmar is desperate.
The release of 84 detainees has triggered a fierce debate. But as former POW and US Republican John McCain once said:“It’s not about who they are. It’s about who we are.”
Australians should know why their government has given support to Myanmar’s murderous military,and to what effect.
Bangladesh’s foreign minister warns of potential extremism that could affect the whole region.
Over the past two months hundreds of refugees have died at sea in south-east Asia. Why isn’t Australia doing more to help?
The UN urged countries in South Asia to rescue as many as 190 people believed to be Rohingya refugees aboard a small boat adrift for several weeks in the Andaman Sea.
Paween Pongsirin spearheaded Thailand’s largest human-trafficking prosecution only to be transferred off the case and forced to seek asylum in Australia.
Women have a right to be angry. Recent events around the world are acts of profound violence against women,taking them back to a time of masculine ownership and female subjugation.