While advocates celebrate Australia's one millionth permanent humanitarian visa, experts also say Australia needs to reassess ...

Australia is a nation fixated on two phenomena: its sporting achievements and the arrival of asylum seekers by boat. Reconciling and comprehending Australia’s determination to invoke its sovereignty ...

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison looks at patrol boat Te Kukupa II while in Perth, Monday, April 18, 2022. Morrison says asylum seekers in their thousands will attempt to reach the country by ...

KUPANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - On New Year's day, 45 asylum seekers in a ramshackle wooden boat slid ashore on a small island off the Australian city of Darwin. Four others had been swept overboard ...

On April 26, 1976, a leaky fishing boat chugged into Darwin Harbour carrying five asylum seekers from South Vietnam. Their original destination had been Guam, but they changed course after a chance ...

The Nauru president who allowed Australia to reopen a controversial detention camp for asylum seekers on the tiny Pacific island has said that he made a “deal with the devil.” In 2012, Sprent Dabwido ...

The Allan Labor Government is supporting refugees and asylum seekers to access free or subsidised training, helping them gain meaningful employment ...

Malaysia will accept 800 asylum seekers who entered Australia illegally by sea in a groundbreaking deal between the two countries to tackle people smuggling. In return, Australia will resettle 4,000 ...

In its latest effort to keep asylum seekers from reaching the United States, the Trump administration enacted a new rule on July 16 that effectively bars anyone from seeking asylum in the United ...

A Saudi woman who fled her family in hopes of seeking asylum in Australia, only to be detained in Thailand, may receive Australia's protection after all. Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, 18, plotted an escape ...

Author Behrouz Boochani just won Australia's biggest literary prize, but couldn't accept his award in person. He's an asylum seeker who's been held in purgatory for years on an island. This year, ...

CANBERRA, AustraliaCANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s prime minister on Monday warned that thousands of asylum seekers will attempt to reach the country by boat if the opposition party wins elections ...