Is Immigration Playing Yes Minister?
The rate at which asylum seekers were granted protection visas by the Department of Immigration…More
Tagged: asylum-seekers
Christmas Island Detainees Fear Deportation
For newly arrived Christmas Island asylum seekers, many of whom have endured life threatening journeys,…More
Asylum Experts Question DIAC's Neutrality
Discrepancies in the number of visas granted, depending on an asylum seeker's country of origin,…More
How Asylum Seekers Become 'Dangerous Refugees'
Civil wars lead to hard choices: individuals have to decide whether to become warriors, or…More
No Advantage And No Courage
Media reports this week have repeated the already well-known fact that asylum seekers arriving by…More
So Where The Bloody Hell Aren't You?
What does "excising the mainland from the migration zone" actually mean? Whatever it means, it…More
The Aid Budget Is Not An ATM
The budget confirmed what many feared – Australia will continue to fail to honour its…More
Let Compassion Define Us Now
On Monday in Canberra, with Foreign Minister Bob Carr and other dignitaries in attendance, the…More
Why One Man Fled Sri Lanka
I have spent the past week helping a Melbourne man who was brutally tortured in…More
Hunger Strike Refugees 'Kept Isolated'
Twenty-five indefinitely detained refugees are now on the fifth day of their hunger strike at…More