Refugees in Australia continue living in limbo
The Australian Government’s announcement to create a path to permanent residence for Temporary Protection and SHEV…
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Language, The Law and Asylum Seekers
Asylum seekers and refugees usually have very little power when they take their cases to court. …
Victorian program recruiting skilled refugee engineers
A new program in Victoria is offering a cadetship to refugee and asylum seeker engineers to…
Principles of Australian Refugee Policy re-launched
The Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law re-launched their Principles for Australian Refugee Policy. The principles…
Refugees and asylum seekers experience violence: research
A new research released today called The SEREDA Project found out that more than 80 million…
PIAC Fridays – Medical care in asylum detention
PIAC (The Public Interest Advocacy Centre) joins 2SER Breakfast fortnightly to discuss concerns, progress, issues and…
Asylum seeker awareness campaign launched today
Today a new campaign in Victoria was launched to raise awareness on how the Federal government…
Australia Ceases Processing of Asylum Seekers in PNG
Image:Image: Pixabay As of December 31st, Australia will cease its offshore processing of asylum seekers in…
Australia’s asylum seeker system is broken: advocates
Australia's Asylum seeker system is broken according to advocates. The Australian Government granted bridging visas for…
Refugee workers face discrimination due to pandemic
Image:Shutterstock - metamorworks For many refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia, finding employment can be…
MV Tampa – 20 years on
Image:Images - Shutterstock 20 years ago, 433 asylum seekers were rescued by a Norwegian freighter named…
Calls for Release of Refugees Held in Melbourne Hotels
In recent days around 60 of the 200 refugees and asylum seekers who have been detained…