Asylum seekers
Alternative labels
Refugee status determination
Asylum seekers policy
Fact sheet
Fact Check: Have the asylum seekers on Nauru not proven themselves to be genuine refugees?
One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson claims that the asylum seekers who remain on Nauru have failed to prove they are genuine refugees, so should not come to Australia.
Article
Why Labor should break the refugee deadlock
The Opposition should swallow Scott Morrison’s bitter pill. But it also needs a longer-term plan, writes Peter Mares.
Report
Refugee alternatives 2018: improving policy, practice and public support
This publication outlines the outcomes of the second annual Refugee Alternatives conference, held in February 2018. The two-day conference, hosted at the University of Melbourne, brought together a broad range of expertise from across the country and globally to cover topics of displacement, protection, cooperation, wellbeing, resilience, education, advocacy, and unity.
Report
Australia's man-made crisis on Nauru: six years on
On 14 September 2012, Australia sent the first people back to Nauru under the second version of its offshore processing policy. This joint report examines what is happening to around 900 people who are still stuck on Nauru six years later, including an estimated 109 children.
Article
Waving, but also drowning
The rising death toll in the Mediterranean reflects a deeper problem with European policy towards irregular migrants.