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Christmas Island and the Language of Death
Another dead asylum seeker under our watch. More thought-terminating clichés from the Australian Government.
Riots Erupt at an Australian Detention Center Over a Refugee's Death
Guards at the Christmas Island detention center have reportedly abandoned their posts as a fire burns and detainees tear down fences.
Everything We Know About the Pregnant Asylum Seeker Returned to Nauru
Did the government block a rape victim's termination out of fear she'd use the situation to stay in Australia?
The Number of Ways in Which Australia Has Failed Female Refugees Is Staggering
We need to decide if we're actually going to do something about systemic violence against women, or just act like it.
Nauru Will Soon Let Detained Refugees Walk Around the Island, But So What?
As one human rights lawyer put it, "letting people go for a walk does not resolve the fundamental problems caused by indefinitely warehousing them on a tiny remote island."
Australia Is Deporting Increasing Numbers of Convicted Kiwis Back to New Zealand
At the end of July, 166 New Zealanders were in immigration detention centers compared with a total of 52 deported for the whole of 2014.
Australia’s Effort to Dump Refugees on Cambodia has Backfired at a Cost of $40 Million
After resettling four asylum seekers from Nauru at $10 million each, Cambodia's Interior Ministry says they've done enough.
Australian Government Contractors Will Now Go to Jail for Reporting Child Abuse in Detention Centers
Australia's new Border Protection Act will make it a lot harder to disclose criminal activity within the country's detention centers.
Australia Is Closing Immigration Detention Centres But it's Not All Good News
It's good because it means there are fewer detainees, but bad because the remaining detainees might go to Nauru.
The Australian Government Is Fuming Over the AHRC's Report on Children in Detention
Tony Abbott responded to the report by recommending the commission send former Immigration Minister Scott Morrison a thank-you note for his work protecting human rights.
An Australian Protester on a Plane Stopped an Asylum Seeker from Being Potentially Deported
A solitary activist aboard a Qantas flight yesterday successfully prevented the transfer and possible deportation of a Tamil man who was dreading being returned to Sri Lanka.