Manus Island
Blog post
What next for the refugees and failed asylum seekers on Manus Island?
After five years, the Australian government practice of offshore processing of asylum seekers on Manus Island is about to finish.
Survey Report
Polling - refugees
The Australia Institute surveyed 1,408 Australians about asylum seekers and refugees.
Report
In the firing line
The briefing directly contradicts initial claims made by the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection and the Papua New Guinea Police, suggesting that soldiers only fired bullets into the air during a shooting incident at the Manus Island detention centre in April 2017.
Report
Serious allegations of abuse, self-harm and neglect of asylum seekers in relation to the Nauru Regional Processing Centre, and any like allegations in relation to the Manus Regional Processing Centre
On 12 September 2016, the Senate referred the following matters to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report. The terms of reference were as follows; The serious allegations of abuse, self-harm and neglect of asylum seekers in relation to the Nauru Regional Processing Centre, and any like allegations in relation to...
Article
Trauma, depression, hopelessness – will going to the US heal refugee pain?
The one-off deal brokered by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton, for the resettlement of refugees on Manus Island and Nauru to the United States has the potential to go a long way to finally giving these people a new start. At this stage, it is unknown...