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Offshore immigration detention costs continue to climb

Australian taxpayers are picking up an increasingly expensive tab for deporting asylum seekers to offshore detention.

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Double standard claim as refugees plead for urgent help

Refugees are calling for fair treatment, welcoming a decision to grant Iranian women footballers asylum immediately but questioning why they're being ignored.

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Company handling Australia’s immigration detention playing key role in Trump’s ICE migrant crackdown

Albanese government awarded contracts to MTC despite allegations of ‘gross negligence’ in the US

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Adnan thought he’d served his time. But one night border force raided his home to deport him to Nauru

Australian authorities have been accused of copying the ‘worst tactics of ICE’ in their treatment of the NZYQ cohort

The Guardian - AU

Asylum seekers on Nauru going hungry despite government spending $1.5m a year for each person

The Australian government is spending millions of dollars a year to house asylum seekers, yet many say they can not afford food and are forced to skip meals

The Guardian - AU

At least 29 Americans have sought asylum in Australia since second Trump presidency began

Applications from US citizens make up less than 1% of monthly applications but have risen steadily since Trump’s inauguration

The Guardian - AU

Labor and Coalition pass deportation laws set to make Nauru a ‘penal colony’ for Australia, critics say

Legislation validates flawed decisions, cuts off appeals and gives government sweeping powers to deport people, campaigners claim

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Australia to send hundreds to Nauru in $1.6bn migrant resettlement deal

The Pacific island will resettle up to 354 former detainees Canberra says have ‘no legal right to remain in Australia’.

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Australia will pay Nauru to resettle foreign-born criminals

Australia has agreed to pay Nauru to resettle foreign-born criminals who cannot be held indefinitely in detention

The Independent UK

Australia signs $400m deportation deal with Nauru

Australia will pay Nauru hundreds of millions of dollars to accept non-citizens who don't have a valid visa as part of a new deal to deport them.

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Australia signs $400m deportation deal with Nauru

Australia will pay Nauru hundreds of millions of dollars to accept non-citizens who don't have a valid visa as part of a new deal to deport them.

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Last refugee on Nauru evacuated as Australian government says offshore processing policy remains

Decention centre on Pacific island ‘ready to receive and process’ any new unauthorised maritime arrivals at an annual cost of $350m

The Guardian - AU

Home affairs asked Labor to extend support for asylum seekers as housing market worsens

Exclusive: Refugee advocates say nothing yet done to improve supports and they fear for people who end up with none

The Guardian - AU

Victoria's Asylum Seeker Resource Centre at risk of closure after big fall in donations

One of Victoria's biggest charities, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre says it's at risk of going under after public donations fell by 45 per cent over the past year.

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Minister overhauls visa laws for family applications

Family members of asylum seekers who arrived by boat will be able to have their visa applications considered under government changes.

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'Obscene amount' for Nauru contract

The federal government has awarded a $422 million contract for a prison company under investigation in the US to manage offshore detention.

The Guardian - AU

Visa application backlog risks causing ‘human misery and economic carnage’ due to understaffing, says Labor MP

Julian Hill backs home affairs minister prioritising overseas skilled applicants, as advocates warn of damage of ‘limbo’ status for refugees

The Guardian - AU

Celebrations at last as Murugappan family to be back in Biloela for youngest daughter’s birthday

Labor’s decision to release the Murugappans means that four-year-old Tharnicaa will finally have a birthday outside immigration detention

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Refugees freed on six-month Australian visas live ‘life in limbo’

Refugees who arrived by boat years ago are supposed to make plans to leave but most have nowhere to go.

The Guardian - AU

More refugees released from detention ahead of Australian election

Coalition releases detainees as it prepares to face independents calling for more humane treatment of refugees, advocates suggest

The Guardian - AU

Coalition urged to terminate Canstruct contract to end financial ‘black hole’ on Nauru

There is little sense keeping refugees on island at great expense following New Zealand resettlement deal, human rights groups say

The Guardian - AU

‘A form of cruelty’: 51 asylum seekers brought to Australia under medevac laws still languish in detention

Since 2017 about 206 refugees have been released but their freedom highlights the ‘random’ way others remain locked up

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