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 revenue and a ...

Papua New Guinea is a struggling nation that ranks near the bottom of most indexes of human and economic development. It is also, as of this month, the new home of anyone who tries to reach Australia ...

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 ...

Over the last two decades, Australia has made a name for itself by pursuing barbaric policies towards refugees and asylum seekers arriving by sea. Priding these moves as noble and humanitarian, ...

It would be easy to let a seemingly inane technical immigration policy change get lost in the sea of heart wrenching and searing headlines. In the past days and weeks we have seen the disturbing ...

On the 17 June, UNHCR will launch World Refugee Day and the Australian High School writing competition at Parliament House in Canberra. On 20 June 10,000 handmade hearts will be planted on the lawns ...