The Australian government commissioned a $6 million movie showing what might happen to asylum seekers on their journey to deter Afghan asylum seekers wishing to arrive in the country. On the request of the government in Australia, a movie aiming to scare away Afghan migrants was shot. Commissioned by the Australian Department of Immigration and …
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On Monday evening, Four Corners, one of Australia’s peak investigative journalism programs, broadcast shocking footage of young detainees at the Don Dale detention centre in the Northern Territory being mistreated by staff. In one image, a young man, Dylan Voller, is strapped to a chair by his wrists and neck, and covered with a “spit …
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Leaked documents reveal hundreds of incidents of abuse at the offshore refugee detention centers. Bowing to public pressure, Australia and Papua New Guinea Wednesday announced an agreement to close an Australian prison camp for asylum seekers on Manus Island, although it’s not at all clear what will happen to the nearly 800 refugees currently housed …
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A group of far-right protesters dressed in mock-Islamic clothing has interrupted an Anglican church mass in Australia, chanting about a “Muslim invasion.” The group Party for Freedom gathered at Gosford Anglican Church in New South Wales on Sunday to stage a spectacle in which they pretended to pray while using a loudspeaker to blast out …
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The Australian government is responsible for the deliberate and systematic torture of refugees on Nauru and should be held accountable under international law, according to a major new report informed by unprecedented access to the secretive island. Amnesty International said it had interviewed 62 refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru, and more than a dozen …
A 24-year-old refugee says he was assaulted by a gang of youths on Manus Island, in the latest act of alleged violence against detainees from Australia’s offshore processing centre. The man told police he was walking from a Lorengau hotel to a lodge on Sunday evening when a group of young men called out to …
The Turnbull government plans to introduce legislation to ban asylum seekers who arrive by boat from ever being allowed into Australia. The ban will apply to any adult who has been sent to detention centres on Nauru or Manus Island since 19 July 2013. It means adults who have previously tried to enter Australia by …
The head of Australia’s largest Muslim association has slammed claims by the country’s immigration minister that recent terror attacks are the result of a 1970’s decision to allow Lebanese refugees into Australia. Minister Peter Dutton has claimed that many foreign fighters travelling to the Middle East are the offspring of those who arrived in Australia …
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A Muslim woman was reportedly subjected to a brutal verbal and physicial attack after her alleged attacker said “merry Christmas” but she replied “happy holidays”. Polie are investigating reports the man stole the woman’s headscarf after the incident at the Beeliar Village shopping complex in Perth, Australia. According to the Islamophobia Register Australia, the assailant …
Australia’s Catholic Church has paid A$276 million ($213 million) in compensation to thousands of child abuse victims since 1980, a government inquiry heard on Thursday — the first time the total compensation paid by the church’s schools, orphanages and residences has been revealed. A report at a royal commission into institutional abuse said 3,066 victims …
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