The immigration minister’s comments about African refugees have compromised Australia’s well-regarded refugee resettlement program, writes Peter Browne.

This study found that current Australian policy and practices lack adequate consideration of health and welfare issues for seriously ill asylum seekers at all stages of the asylum process. In addition, it found that the asylum process in Australia contributes to the deterioration of the mental and physical health of those being processed. This impact...

This report finds that since 2001 it has cost the Australian taxpayer more than $500,000 per person to process fewer than 1700 asylum seekers in Nauru, Manus and Christmas Island. By comparison, the latest estimate from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship suggests that the cost of holding asylum seekers in a mainland Australian detention...

This report describes key findings from the department’s third Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia – LSIA 3. The LSIA 3 is a survey of approximately 10 000 Primary Applicants from the Family and Skill stream who either: arrived in Australia between December 2004 and March 2005; or were granted their visa onshore between December...

This audit has sought to build on earlier research undertaken by the Refugee Education Partnership Project, which examined learning support for refugee and new migrant students across Melbourne.