Immigration
People in this city want the boats to stop. But they haven’t met Rishan
Traumatised and alone, the then 17-year-old made her way across northern Africa and Europe to seek safety in England.
- David Crowe
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- Industrial relations
No health cover, no home, no money: The women forced to choose between their visa or their baby
A United Nations expert has criticised Australia’s patchwork laws protecting people from slavery, warning of “severe patterns of exploitation”.
- Tania Ewing and Amber Schultz
The pocket of Singapore that blows apart stereotypes – and reveals the city’s class divide
Singapore has a reputation as orderly, functional and highly efficient. But visit one neighbourhood on a weekend and you will see a very different side of the city.
- Lisa Visentin
Britain scrambles after shock court ruling in wake of furious protests
When residents of a small English town protested against the use of a local hotel to house asylum seekers, the council took up their cause - and won.
- David Crowe
Jewish leaders hit out at Netanyahu as Albanese takes the high road in spat
Australia’s peak Jewish body has written to Netanyahu to condemn his inflammatory attack of Albanese – who also received a letter about his heated language last week.
- Matthew Knott and Nick Bonyhady
‘Same issues since 2005’: People wrongly detained due to Home Affairs’ systemic failures
The department locked up one person for a year and a half before they were released, according to a report from the Commonwealth Ombudsman.
- Brittany Busch
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- Gaza Strip
Palestinian author’s visa cancelled after post celebrating Hamas attack emerges
The Department of Home Affairs scrapped a visa it had issued to cookbook author Mona Zahed to travel to Australia.
- Brittany Busch
Albanese government in the dark over US threat to deport Iranian to Australia
Reza Zavvar has been in the US for 40 years and even received a green card. Now the Trump administration has told him it intends to remove him to Australia.
- Michael Koziol
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- Asylum seekers
This is angry England – and it demands to be heard
Locals feel aggrieved that they struggle to pay for housing while migrants stay for free in a comfortable hotel, and fear the health system cannot support more arrivals.
- David Crowe
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- Political leadership
Divisive debate has no place in Australia, Tony Burke says
Labor’s immigration minister wants Australians to feel “secure and safe”. To those who think freedom of speech is being stymied? “I really don’t care,” he says.
- Paul Sakkal