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Principles for a Coherent Refugee Policy: Opinion

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 8th November 2011 -    Australia must remain committed to processing and resettling those genuine refugees who reach our shores – regardless of the measures we put in place to deter their …

Uni Students Help Refugees Embrace Education

Staff Reporter, Friday, 4th November 2011 -  A Not for Profit organisation led by Victorian university students is celebrating serving over 500 students in its first 5 years. Embrace Education offers free tutoring and mentoring…

Community Sector Demands End to Offshore Processing

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 13th October 2011 -  Above: Arriving at Christmas Island Detention Centre. Flick Image:  Some rights reserved by DIAC Images  With the Gillard Government’s Migration…

MP Stops Malaysia Swap Deal

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 13th October 2011 -  The Gillard Government faces the embarrassing prospect of being the first government since 1929 to lose legislation in the lower house after National MP Tony Crook announced he would…

Malaysia Deal May Be Safer: UNHCR

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 11th October 2011 -  Flickr Image:  Some rights reserved by sidelife  The Gillard Government’s proposed Malaysia swap plan has received an unlikely boost, with…

High Court Grounds Malaysia Solution – Opinion

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 1st September 2011 -  Fr Frank Brennan Unless there were to be a bipartisan agreement in the Parliament or a government deal with the Greens, asylum seekers arriving by boat now need to be processed fairly,…

Vinnies Criticise Malaysia Deal

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 28th July 2011 -   
The St Vincent de Paul Society National Council has criticised the Gillard Government’s Malaysia refugee deal, citing  Australia’s responsibilities
…

Amnesty Warning on Asylum Seekers

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th October 2010 -  Amnesty International has warned that detention conditions on Christmas Island are deteriorating rapidly and asylum seekers there, as well as in other detention centres around…

Asylum Seekers Issue Needs Regional Approach

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 28th July 2010 -  International aid agency Oxfam says a comprehensive regional approach to asylum seekers must be adopted by whoever wins the Federal Election if there is to be any hope of truly moving…

Regional Solution for Refugees Makes Sense: Brotherhood

Staff Reporter, Monday, 12th July 2010 -  The Brotherhood of St Laurence believes that a regional framework for the processing of refugees is a step in the right direction. The General Manager of BSL Community Services, Sarina…

Law Council on Asylum Seekers

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 7th July 2010 -  Asylum seeker policies announced by both the Government and the Opposition fall well short of expectations about fair process and access to justice for asylum seekers, according…

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