Asylum Seekers

The operator of the Nauru detention centre has received 67 allegations of child abuse, either at the hands of staff or other asylum seekers. Audio

Paediatrician Professor David Isaacs was invited by the Australian government to work in the offshore detention centre in Nauru for five days late last year and has been very vocal about what he says… Audio

The Australian government is urgently trying to pass legislation to skittle a HIGH court challenge over its offshore detention camps for asylum seekers. Audio

Australia's government is rushing through legislation to authorise it to detain people in a foreign country. Audio

Sydney Barrister, Shane Prince is a commercial lawyer who's just won a humanitarian award for his pro bono work for asylum seekers. He says a recent case involving a Chinese asylum-seeker 'tripped up'… Audio

Staying with the Prime Minister and the Government is coming under increasing pressure to boost the refugee quota of 750 a year. Audio

A Rohingya refugee is calling on the Government to take in more asylum seekers forced to flee violence in their home countries. Audio

Australia's Labor Party is calling on their Auditor General to investigate claims that Australian officials paid people smugglers to take a boat of asylum seekers to Indonesia. Audio

Australia's Labor Party is calling on their Auditor-General to investigate whether the government paid people smugglers to turn around a boat full of asylum seekers. Audio

An Australian senate inquiry into serious allegations of abuse and poor conditions at the Nauru detention centre has heard medical staff were told not to report psychological health problems suffered… Audio

A Bangladesh refugee claiming to be in an Indonesian detention centre, says Australian officials paid the boat crew and captain to take the 65 asylum seekers away from Australia. Audio

A people-smuggling boat with 65 people on board was headed to New Zealand. Steel-hulled and with every chance of making it across the Tasman. Audio

An immigrant herself, Lize Immelman wonders why refugees have such a hard time finding work. She talks to three residents of Newtown, Wellington, about their experiences, and to MP Annette King… Audio

Burmese scholar and dissident Maung Zarni calls on New Zealand to condemn what he says is a campaign of genocide against the Rohingya people. Audio

129 asylum seekers at the Australian-run centre have been officially declared refugees and are being offered the choice of staying in PNG. Audio

Italy's Navy Chief has rejected advice from Australia's Tony Abbott on how to deal with asylum seekers. Audio

When an estimated 800 asylym seekers drowned trying to reach Europe, some newspapers suggested looking to Australia's tough border policies for answers. Photographer Barat Ali Batoor knows how hard it… Audio

Nine charity workers who were removed from Nauru amid claims that they encouraged asylum seekers at the detention centre to hurt themselves may sue the federal government after they were cleared by an… Audio

A Sydney paediatrican has been so shocked by what he saw at the detention centre on Nauru, he has decided to speak out about it, despite the contracts he signed before working on the island. The… Audio

The United Nations' Refugee Agency has labelled the drowning of more than 300 illegal migrants a 'horrible and enormous' tragedy. Audio