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Asylum-Seekers
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Deported asylum-seeker returns to former school as teacher
- . 7 June 2024
Nagina Zahra will never forget the moment she donned her St Aloysius College Adelaide school uniform for the first time. It was 2004 and as a newly arrived asylum-seeker from Afghanistan, everything felt alien. Source: The Southern Cross.
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Number of asylum-seekers sent to Nauru on the rise again
- . 5 June 2024
The number of asylum-seekers on Nauru appears to have topped 100, with a further two groups of 37 people sent to the Pacific island. Source: The Guardian.
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Catholic charities in Britain condemn passing of Rwanda bill
- . 24 April 2024
Church, refugee and human rights groups have described the passing of the UK Government’s Rwanda Bill, which will see asylum-seekers sent from the UK to Rwanda, as “a dark day” and “cruel”. Source: The Tablet.
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Concern for human rights as Nauru detention centre fills up
- . 10 April 2024
The growing number of men transferred to the Nauru Processing Centre are distressed and being denied access to human rights information, according to an independent advocacy group representing many of the detainees. Source: ABC News.
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Albanese vows no turnback on Operation Sovereign Borders
- . 8 April 2024
People who arrive by boat seeking a better life or even asylum “won’t be settled in Australia”, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said yesterday as he doubled down on his Government’s commitment to the Coalition’s Operation Sovereign Borders. Source: The Australian.
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Compassion goes missing when it comes to asylum-seekers and refugees
- . 22 February 2024
Australians are good at responding to national emergencies with neighbourly deeds, but where is our compassionate response to the asylum-seekers and refugees living on our shores, asks Sr Catherine McCahill SGS. Source: The Good Oil.
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Asylum-seekers taken to Nauru amid renewed political stoush
- . 19 February 2024
More than 40 asylum-seekers have been taken to Nauru after they were found in a remote part of Western Australia. Source: The Guardian.
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Independent MPs back call for royal commission into immigration detention
- . 29 November 2023
Asylum-seekers and refugee advocates are demanding the Albanese Government establish a royal commission into immigration detention. Source: Canberra Times.
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Dozens of asylum-seekers released following High Court ruling
- . 14 November 2023
Eighty asylum-seekers being held in immigration detention were released almost immediately following last week’s High Court ruling that they were being kept unlawfully. Source: ABC News.