The Australian Labor Party’s 2023 National Policy Platform included the aspiration to progressively increase the Humanitarian ...

The Australian government struck a A$400 million (US$260 million) deal with Nauru to deport 280 people to the small Pacific ...

The plight of refugees left stranded by Australia’s Stop the Boats policy is again under the microscope after a 23-year-old Sri Lankan self-immolated in a suburban skateboard park, as Pope ...

Australia's policy of detaining asylum seekers offshore is popular with voters. Its government says they are treated with dignity, fairness and respect and given access to a range of support services.

Beyond questions over whether the move will work and whether it’s legal, Australia’s decision raises a broader concern: Is the international commitment to refugee rights, which underlies the ...

SYDNEY, Australia, February 25 (UNHCR) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres paid tribute on Wednesday to Australia for the welcome and services it provides to refugees in communities ...

Leading scholars Sotirios Livas and Emmanuel Karagiannis examine and compare how Greece and Australia navigate refugee displacement, belonging, and integration policies ...

When Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan delivered the national budget yesterday, he blamed the nation's $17.8 billion deficit on the stubbornly high Australian dollar, softening company-tax ...

SYDNEY, July 29: Australia on Tuesday announced a “more humane” policy towards refugees, saying most asylum seekers will no longer be automatically locked up when they arrive in the country ...

When it was announced late on Friday that Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke had locked in a new deal with Nauru to take ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's prime minister on Sunday ruled out any deal to get the United States to honor an agreement to resettle hundreds of Muslim refugees that President Donald Trump ...

Refugee policy is an emotive subject in Australia, even though the country receives only a small number of the world's asylum seekers each year.