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UNHCR warns government that unqualified adjudicators will undermine the new asylum appeals body

The United Nations Refugee Agency has published its concerns and recommendations on the government’s plan to proceed with the new independent appeals body. It acknowledges the need...

What is the difference between a “refugee” and an “asylum seeker”?

This piece is about refugees, asylum seekers, and the Refugee Convention. It outlines who can be a refugee, and how being a refugee and having “refugee status” are two very differe...

Immigration and Asylum Bill 2026: First Draft Published

  Section A: What is the Immigration and Asylum Bill?   Introduced to Parliament on 30 June 2026, the Immigration and Asylum Bill proposes reforms across UK immigration, asylum and...

Luisana and Ana are new to Melbourne, but their journey there was ‘totally different’ to other refugees

Bucking heated politics on immigration, Labor is making a trial program that resettles refugees across Australia permanentFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet...

A daughter’s plea to halt her father’s deportation to Nauru – podcast

When Australia’s high court ruled indefinite immigration detention unlawful in 2023, Sara’s* father returned home to Australia’s east coast after years in onshore immigration deten...

Briefing: the duty of refugee sea rescue in international law

In the absence of safe and legal routes to sanctuary countries in which they can rebuild their lives, refugees often resort to travel by unsafe means. The issue of rescuing refugee...

Non-citizens held in indefinite detention in Australia could get millions of dollars in compensation after government’s...

Human rights lawyers and refugee advocacy groups are lauding the decision as a ‘significant outcome’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news emai...

At my friend’s citizenship ceremony, I was moved by the quiet pride in the faces of new Australians | Shadi Khan Saif

Belonging didn’t start that day. The event recognised what had already been lived, the years of steadily building livesA few days before Australia’s population ticked over 28 milli...

Sara fears her father will be deported from Australia to Nauru – a place of ‘final and lifelong punishment’

Youssef served time in jail for a string of offences. Now, as one of 350 non-citizens who make up the NZYQ cohort, he faces deportationA daughter’s plea to halt her father’s deport...

The Afghan family who are safe at last and full of hope, thanks to an Australia Pauline Hanson will never know

In International Refugee Week, two speeches paint starkly different visions of the countryGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThey came in the chill of winte...

What’s in the Immigration and Asylum Bill 2026?

The Bill announced in the King’s Speech on 13 May 2026 has now been published and is beginning its slow passage through Parliament. It is the fifth immigration-related Act across f...

‘Indefensible’: alleged child abuse survivor takes on Albanese government over $2.5bn Nauru deal

Lawyers of Hazara man who was allegedly sexually abused by carer launch bid to prevent imminent deportation to Pacific islandFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesG...

While rightwing Australia scapegoats immigrants, the country directly benefits from our skills and labour | Zoya Patel

The idea that Australia is being mobbed by selfish foreigners is both entirely untrue and impossibleI’m an immigrant. If you subscribe to the common rhetoric in mainstream news, an...

Australia: UN Human Rights Recommendations Ignored

Play Video (Sydney) – Australia has refused to commit to reforms for the incarceration of children, offshore detention of a...

The immigration debate Australia is getting wrong

Migration has become one of the most emotional issues in Australia. And frankly, that’s understandable. Many Australians are dealing with higher rents, a shortage of homes, congest...

Chinese asylum seeker boat intercepted off Queensland coast sparks questions over Australia's border security

Australian Border Force stopped a vessel at Weipa on the Cape York Peninsula with the assistance of Queensland Police.

Refugee families left in limbo as challenge to suspension of refugee family reunion route is dismissed

The challenge to the suspension of the refugee family reunion route, brought by Safe Passage International and three individual claimants (AXY, BSZ and ESH), was dismissed by the H...

Australia: UN Human Rights Recommendations Ignored

Click to expand Image A session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Swit...

Officials call for rules to protect asylum seekers

We’re challenging the Home Secretary’s decision to grant temporary protection status of only 30 months

As a result of the statement of changes to the immigration rules (HC 1691) laid on 5 March 2026, the minimum duration of leave granted to refugees or those with humanitarian protec...

Asylum seeker has deportation ticket cancelled after attempting suicide

Eritrean man was due to be forcibly removed to France under ‘one in, one out’ schemeAn Eritrean asylum seeker who was due to be forcibly removed to France today under the “one in,...

Asylum seeker in UK as part of ‘one in, one out’ scheme says it is unfair on those deported

Man flown from France as part of legal entry programme decries effect on others ‘who may have a similar case’An asylum seeker brought to the UK by the Home Office has said it feels...

New borders inspector publishes damning report on quality of asylum casework

In his first report as the new Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, former Immigration Services Commissioner John Tuckett has heavily criticised the quality of asylum decisi...

Immigration roundup podcast: June 2026

In this month’s round-up, Jasmine is joined by Mala Savjani, an associate solicitor at Wilsons. They cover the latest tribunal statistics, which make for grim reading as the asylum...