Our Asylum Seeker Policy Is Brutal
The asylum seekers at Christmas Island continue to be deprived of their liberty. The laws…More
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'Don't Send Us Back To Remote Detention'
Before they were bundled onto a charter flight this morning, survivors of the crash made…More
No Dignified Burial From DIAC
Four families have asked that the bodies of their loved ones be sent back to…More
Why Bother With Offshore Processing Now?
Yesterday’s unanimous High Court decision to declare unlawful the treatment of two Tamil asylum seekers…More
A Fair Go In The Courts
Asylum seeker bashing was one of the ugliest features of the 2010 federal election season.…More
Rock, Roots, Riffs, Refugees
Anbessa Gebrihiwot’s crime was penning a love song. While touring Australia in 2007, he sought…More
Please Form An Orderly Queue
When Wikileaks published the Iraq War Diaries last Friday, they opened almost 400000 windows onto…More
Australia Jumps The Queue In East Timor
Last week Australia’s Immigration Minister, Chris Bowen, was in Dili to lobby for a refugee…More
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind?
In October last year, Indonesian authorities intercepted a boat carrying Sri Lankan asylum seekers at…More
The Paper Trail For Asylum Seekers
Tony Abbott launched his "Real Action" scare campaign last weekend and much of the media…More