Australia’s policy towards refugees and asylum seekers stands at a critical juncture. Global displacement is at record highs and many countries are retreating from their responsibilities. At this ...

Australia was disappointed that hundreds of its rejected refugees would not begin resettling in the United States this month under a deal that predates President Donald Trump's administration, an ...

Australia's Northern Territory becomes 1st 'entire region' to refuse to cooperate with UN group in its over 30 years of ...

Experts across the refugee sector urge the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to use its visit to Australia, starting ...

Australia has welcomed its one millionth refugee, with the government calling the milestone an “opportunity to reflect” on ...

CANBERRA, Australia, April 20 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has expressed disappointment at the Australian government's failure to look at alternatives to detention for asylum-seekers arriving by ...

GENEVA, Feb. 1 (UNHCR) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Friday welcomed the end of protests by asylum seekers in Australia's Woomera detention centre, but urged the government in ...

Ratcheting up a harsh anti-refugee policy that has been the status quo for Australian governments for over a decade, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced Sunday that he is introducing a bill to ...

Had the engine not cut out just beyond Indonesian waters, Ali Reza and 60 others aboard the packed boat that launched its way south three months ago might now be safely housed on Australian territory.

Nearly 80 per cent of Melbourne’s tram seats are now reupholstered by women from migrant, refugee and asylum seeker ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia is trying to move asylum seekers held in one of its two remote Pacific detention centers to the second camp, a notice seen by Reuters shows, as Canberra seeks a way to ...