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Asylum seeker families moved off Manus Island detention centre - ABC Online

1 hour 20 min ago

The Guardian

Asylum seeker families moved off Manus Island detention centre
ABC Online
Several asylum seeker families have been moved off Manus Island in what the ABC understands signals the end of family groups being detained there. A group of 70 people, including some single men, have been flown to Christmas Island. The ABC ...
There's another way to deal with asylum-seeker boatsThe Australian
Asylum seekers are valuable members of the communityThe Guardian
Nauru: Supreme Court ruling highlights plight of detained asylum-seekersAmnesty International
NEWS.com.au -The Age -Smithsonian (blog)
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Everything is illuminated: teen asylum seekers turn life into art - Sydney Morning Herald

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Everything is illuminated: teen asylum seekers turn life into art
Sydney Morning Herald
In a Collingwood art studio, an exotic flower blooms as a young man summons it from memories of his childhood. The 16-year-old painter, who can't be identified, left Afghanistan alone and is seeking asylum in Australia. In a Jesuit Social Services arts ...

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Everything is illuminated: teen asylum seekers turn life into art - The Age

4 hours 6 sec ago

Everything is illuminated: teen asylum seekers turn life into art
The Age
In a Collingwood art studio, an exotic flower blooms as a young man summons it from memories of his childhood. The 16-year-old painter, who can't be identified, left Afghanistan alone and is seeking asylum in Australia. In a Jesuit Social Services arts ...

Failed asylum seeker in £85000 payout over illegal detention claim - Belfast Telegraph

4 hours 42 min ago

Belfast Telegraph

Failed asylum seeker in £85000 payout over illegal detention claim
Belfast Telegraph
BY ALAN ERWIN – 20 June 2013. A failed Afghan asylum seeker is to receive £85,000 in damages to settle an unlawful detention claim, the High Court in Belfast heard. Also in this Section. SDLP hits out over privatising of clinics · Dig hopes to unearth ...

Nauru asylum seeker decision 'regrettable': Amnesty - ABC Online

Wed, 2013/06/19 - 23:44

The Guardian

Nauru asylum seeker decision 'regrettable': Amnesty
ABC Online
Human rights group Amnesty International says it is "regrettable" Nauru's Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge against Australia's detention of asylum seekers on the island. Lawyers for six detainees argued the long-term and indefinite detention of ...
There's another way to deal with asylum-seeker boatsThe Australian
Report tears into Labor asylum boats policiesThe Guardian
Nauru: Supreme Court ruling highlights plight of detained asylum-seekersAmnesty International
NEWS.com.au -Radio Australia -SBS
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Egyptian asylum seeker Sayed Abdel Latif says he is innocent of all charges on ... - ABC Online

Wed, 2013/06/19 - 18:53

Egyptian asylum seeker Sayed Abdel Latif says he is innocent of all charges on ...
ABC Online
The Egyptian asylum seeker at the centre of a political slanging match says he is innocent of all charges listed on his Interpol red notice. Sayed Adbel Latif was branded a "convicted jihadist terrorist" by the Federal Opposition after it emerged that ...

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Afghan asylum seeker in £85000 settlement, Belfast High Court told - BBC News

Wed, 2013/06/19 - 11:35

Afghan asylum seeker in £85000 settlement, Belfast High Court told
BBC News
An Afghan asylum seeker is to receive £85,000 in damages to settle an unlawful detention claim, the High Court in Belfast has been told. Saeed Ullah sued the Home Office over being held twice with a view to being removed from the UK and returned to the ...

There's another way to deal with asylum-seeker boats - The Australian

Wed, 2013/06/19 - 10:17

Montreal Gazette

There's another way to deal with asylum-seeker boats
The Australian
YOUR editorial "Refugee convention outdated" (18/6) "welcomes discussion about the relevance of the convention", urges that we "find new ways to deal with our obligations" and warns that "withdrawal would be a drastic action and should be avoided".
Coalition 'to deport criminal refugees'SBS

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One asylum-seeker tells his story: Move gives my family the gift of opportunity - Courier Mail

Wed, 2013/06/19 - 10:08

One asylum-seeker tells his story: Move gives my family the gift of opportunity
Courier Mail
One asylum-seeker tells his story: Move gives my family the gift of opportunity. by: Mohammad Azad; From: The Courier-Mail; June 20, 2013 12:00AM. Increase Text Size · Decrease Text Size · Print · Email · Share · Add to Digg · Add to del.icio.us · Add ...

Failed asylum seeker receives damages - U.TV

Wed, 2013/06/19 - 09:27

Failed asylum seeker receives damages
U.TV
A failed Afghan asylum seeker is to receive £85k in damages to settle an unlawful detention claim, the High Court in Belfast has heard. Failed asylum seeker receives damages. Saaed Ullah fled Afghanistan in 1999. (© UTV). Saeed Ullah sued the Home ...

Failed Afghan asylum seeker 'to receive £85000 in damages' - Belfast Telegraph

Wed, 2013/06/19 - 09:00

Belfast Telegraph

Failed Afghan asylum seeker 'to receive £85000 in damages'
Belfast Telegraph
Failed Afghan asylum seeker 'to receive £85,000 in damages'. Comments. Email; Print; Font Size . 19 June 2013. A failed Afghan asylum seeker is to receive £85,000 in damages to settle an unlawful detention claim, the High Court in Belfast heard today.

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PM seeks to tackle asylum seeker crisis - Yahoo!7 News

Wed, 2013/06/19 - 06:12

Yahoo!7 News

PM seeks to tackle asylum seeker crisis
Yahoo!7 News
FIRST ON 7: Julia Gillard is seeking to restore her authority as Prime Minister, tackling the asylum seeker crisis with new vigour. 7News can reveal Prime Minister Julia Gillard is flying to Indonesia, for talks with that country's President. Ms ...
PM to visit Indonesia to discuss boatsThe Australian

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Nauru court dismisses asylum seeker detention challenge - Radio Australia

Wed, 2013/06/19 - 02:11

Nauru court dismisses asylum seeker detention challenge
Radio Australia
Nauru court dismisses asylum seeker detention challenge. Posted 19 June 2013, 15:51 AEST. The human rights group Amnesty International has expressed it's Disappointment after the Nauruan Supreme Court dismissed a challenge against the lawfulness ...

Nauru court dismisses asylum seeker detention challenge | Pacific Beat - Radio Australia

Wed, 2013/06/19 - 02:11

Nauru court dismisses asylum seeker detention challenge | Pacific Beat
Radio Australia
Nauru court dismisses asylum seeker detention challenge | Pacific Beat. Nauru court dismisses asylum seeker detention challenge. Print. Share this story. Nauru court dismisses asylum seeker detention challenge. Posted 19 June 2013, 15:51 AEST.

Asylum seekers are valuable members of the community - The Guardian

Tue, 2013/06/18 - 10:30

The Guardian

Asylum seekers are valuable members of the community
The Guardian
Like other volunteers for the local organisations Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers and Asylum Seeker Support Initiative Short Term, I was part of a campaign team helping to organise demonstrations, circulate petitions, attract media attention, and ...
Asylum seeker debate mean spirited: UN bossSydney Morning Herald
Female asylum seeker dies at seaNinemsn
Australia's morality drifts with asylum seeker bodiesPS News
The Australian -The Guardian
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Asylum seeker refused to train as a 'fetish priestess' - Irish Independent

Tue, 2013/06/18 - 00:19

Asylum seeker refused to train as a 'fetish priestess'
Irish Independent
Asylum seeker refused to train as a 'fetish priestess'. Comments. Email; Print; Font Size. Tim Healy – 18 June 2013. A WOMAN who says she fled Botswana because she refused to train as a fetish priestess can bring a new legal challenge against a ...

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Asylum seeker debate mean spirited: UN boss - Daily Advertiser

Mon, 2013/06/17 - 13:15

BigPond News

Asylum seeker debate mean spirited: UN boss
Daily Advertiser
The United Nations refugee agency has expressed alarm at a ''sharp deterioration'' in the quality of protection for asylum seekers coming by boat and a ''worrying erosion'' of public support for asylum in Australia.
Australia's morality drifts with asylum seeker bodiesPS News
Asylum seeker death at seaBigPond News
Asylum seekers are being denied legal advice, refugee service claimsThe Guardian
Ninemsn
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Asylum seeker debate mean spirited: UN boss - Sydney Morning Herald

Mon, 2013/06/17 - 09:28

The Guardian

Asylum seeker debate mean spirited: UN boss
Sydney Morning Herald
The United Nations refugee agency has expressed alarm at a ''sharp deterioration'' in the quality of protection for asylum seekers coming by boat and a ''worrying erosion'' of public support for asylum in Australia. Declaring that Australia is at a ...
Female asylum seeker dies at seaNinemsn
Australia's morality drifts with asylum seeker bodiesPS News
Asylum seekers are being denied legal advice, refugee service claimsThe Guardian
The Australian -Yahoo!7 News -NEWS.com.au
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Australia's morality drifts with asylum seeker bodies - PS News

Mon, 2013/06/17 - 02:16

Australia's morality drifts with asylum seeker bodies
PS News
... Gallipoli and the Eureka Stockade. It may also prove to be the case with the bodies left in the water after an asylum seeker boat sank, the delay by the Australian authorities to take responsibility for their recovery, and the eventual decision to ...

An ex-ambassador looks at 'turning back the boats' - Crikey

Mon, 2013/06/17 - 02:01

Crikey

An ex-ambassador looks at 'turning back the boats'
Crikey
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's pledge to turn back asylum seeker boats to Indonesia is unworkable and dangerous, as Coalition frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull has pointed out. The issue is worth a closer look. For several months (September-December) in ...

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