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"Australia can be taken to World Court for violating the Refugee Treaty

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Countries arguing whose obligation is it to take in refugees

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its bad

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Asylum-seeker language test under scrutinyMonday, 9 February 2009A method used by some of the world's immigration authorities to decide whether or not asylum seekers are genuine refugees is unscientific, says one Australian linguist.

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Asylum-seeker language test under scrutinyMonday, 9 February 2009A method used by some of the world's immigration authorities to decide whether or not asylum seekers are genuine refugees is unscientific, says one Australian linguist.

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12,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees have been issued Visas and are now arriving in Australia

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Hard to find stable jobs and income to support self and poss

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Different world governments are wondering if prioritizing refugees from the middle east is a reputable idea

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Refugee camps are DISGUSTING - they have HOLES IN WALLS and are UNHYGENIC

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Syrian bus attack comes amid criticism of 'population engineering'

Posted Sun at 10:35am | Updated Sun at 11:05am

The bloody mayhem that followed the Syrian bus attack only deepens the resentment of a civilian transfer criticised as population engineering.

Manus Detention shooting signals rising tensions Analysis

By PNG correspondent Eric Tlozek

Posted Sat at 2:38pm

The shooting at the Manus Island detention centre may have stopped, but the tension that triggered it is likely to keep rising.

Reports of shots fired at Manus Island detention centre Video

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ABC News

1min 3sec

Posted Sat at 9:15am

Personnel from a PNG Defence Force base near the Manus Island detention centre used high-powered weapons to fire bullets into accommodation buildings after a fight with asylum seekers, detainees say.

Aerial view of Manus Island detention centre image

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ABC News

Posted Fri at 7:41pm

'I'm a freedom fighter'

ABC Radio Sydney By

Amanda Hoh

Posted 12 Apr 2017, 2:17pm | Updated 12 Apr 2017, 6:19pm

Harpreet Dhillon will soon be the first woman in her family to finish high school, but on top of her studies the 17-year-old is an advocate for gender equality, young migrants and refugees.

Hundreds of asylum seekers missing after fire at France refugee camp: MSF

Posted 11 Apr 2017, 9:56pm

About 600 asylum seekers are missing and at least 10 are hurt after a fire that started after clashes led to the evacuation of a refugee camp in northern France, medical aid charity Medecins Sans Frontieres says.

Prescribing art for anxiety

ABC Radio Sydney By

Amanda Hoh

Posted 10 Apr 2017, 11:24am

A group of Iraqi refugees is prescribed art by their doctors as part of treatment plans to recover from anxiety, post-traumatic stress and depression.

Refugees not accepted by US to remain in PNG

By political reporter Dan Conifer

Posted 9 Apr 2017, 12:18pm | Updated 9 Apr 2017, 2:32pm

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says refugees on Manus Island who are not accepted by the United States will remain in Papua New Guinea.

Australian woman detained on Manus Island by PNG officials

By PNG correspondent Eric Tlozek

Posted 7 Apr 2017, 4:23pm

Papua New Guinea immigration officials detain an Australian woman who is visiting asylum seekers on Manus Island.

Fresh charges for PNG asylum seeker labelled a witch hunt by Amnesty International Audio

Audio

Pacific Beat

4min

Posted 5 Apr 2017, 3:45pm | Updated 5 Apr 2017, 4:06pm

A 21 year old Iranian asylum seeker who managed to get into Fiji after leaving the Manus Island processing centre in PNG has had new charges laid against him.

Amnesty accuses Ferrovial of complicity in mistreatment of refugees on Nauru Audio

Audio

Pacific Beat

2min 27sec

Posted 5 Apr 2017, 3:30pm | Updated 5 Apr 2017, 4:08pm

Amnesty International has accused global transport and infrastructure giant Ferrovial of complicity in the mistreatment of refugees on Nauru.

US Department of Homeland Security document for Manus Island refugees image

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ABC News

Posted 5 Apr 2017, 5:58am

Official Resettlement Support Centre medical screening document image

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ABC News

Posted 5 Apr 2017, 5:52am

Official US Department of Homeland Security Resettlement Support Centre document image

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ABC News

Posted 5 Apr 2017, 5:45am | Updated 5 Apr 2017, 5:52am

Uncertainty 'torturing' Manus Island refugees amid US vetting

By Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel with additional reporting by Stephanie Anderson

Posted 5 Apr 2017, 5:35am | Updated 5 Apr 2017, 8:07am

Refugees on Manus Island are being fingerprinted and photographed by US Department of Homeland Security officials as part of the US-Australia resettlement deal but many details of the plan remain uncertain.

Refugee's film shot on mobile shows life inside detention centre

By PNG correspondent Eric Tlozek

Posted 3 Apr 2017, 2:25pm | Updated 3 Apr 2017, 2:26pm

Audiences around the world will soon have the chance see what life is like inside the Manus Island detention centre.

Asylum seeker hurt himself to stop deportation from PNG, detainees say

By Papua New Guinea correspondent Eric Tlozek

Posted 31 Mar 2017, 6:33pm

Detainees on Manus Island say a Lebanese asylum seeker deliberately hurt himself while being deported to stop authorities forcing him to leave Papua New Guinea.

Fishing village to Australian jail: New play looks at young Indonesian 'people smugglers'

By Jacqueline Breen

Posted 31 Mar 2017, 2:04pm

Projections and shadow puppets create a "fantastical" underwater world for a new play by Sandra Thibodeaux, tackling the difficult issue of people smuggling.

Bachar Bani Marjeh image

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Posted 31 Mar 2017, 9:36am

UNHCR to refer at least 850 refugees for US resettlement

AM By

Sarah Whyte

Posted 27 Mar 2017, 2:35pm

The United Nations refugee agency will refer at least 850 refugees from Manus Island and Nauru for US resettlement, but that is little comfort for one Rohingya family.

Bachar Bani Marjeh and Rahaf Al Tabbaa image

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ABC News

Posted 27 Mar 2017, 1:15pm

Bachar Bani Marjeh image

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ABC News

Posted 27 Mar 2017, 1:15pm

Syrian refugees call Newcastle home after escaping warzone

1233 ABC Newcastle By

Robert Virtue

Posted 27 Mar 2017, 1:15pm

Refugees from Syria adjust to their new lives in Newcastle.

Ahmad speaks to the ABC after fleeing west Mosul image

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ABC News

Posted 26 Mar 2017, 9:50am

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Australia stopped the boats in 2001

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Because of differing country views on refugee policies and intakes, tension arises between countries

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Refuges are being prescribed art by their doctors as a treatment to help them recover from anxiety post- traumatic stress and depression.

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Asylum Seekers and Refugees face inhumane treatment and poor living conditions in detention centers. Leads to violence and riots between detainees

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About 600 people are missing after a fire led to the evacuation of a refugee camp in northern France, medical aid charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says

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The LABOR government and LIBERNAL NATIONAL government are extremely ANTI-REFUGEE.

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a person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another.

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It is argued that some minority groups need to be prioritized as refugees as they are in greater danger

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People feel so unsafe in their own countries due to the years of war and conflict that plague where they live that they feel they need to flee for their own safety

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People feel so unsafe in their own countries due to the years of war and conflict that plague where they live that they feel they need to flee for their own safety

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Port Moresby PNG Govt. urging employers to hire Manus Island Refugees. some refugees still fear for their safety.

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As United States tightens security, their neighbour country Canada does not turn away Refugees seeking Asylum

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Donald Trump is anti-woman: Hilary Clinton

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An asylum seeker is someone who is seeking international protection but whose claim for refugee status has not yet been determined. In contrast, a refugee is someone who has been recognised under the 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees to be a refugee.

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Aren't accepted by the US and are to remain in Papua New Guinea

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The government supposedly doesn't want to see people drowning at sea trying to get to Australia.

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Refugees struggle to find their identity 

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Refugees struggle to find their identity 

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Refugees are sewing their mouths shut in protest of Balkan nations closing their borders

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Refugees are sewing their mouths shut in protest of Balkan nations closing their borders

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Boys accused of people smuggling held in adult jails, argues class action against Australian Government

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Boys accused of people smuggling held in adult jails, argues class action against Australian Government

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With the support of Indonesia's National Commission of Child Protection (KPAI), lawyer Lisa Hiariej will argue the case on behalf of the group of 115 Indonesians, who were allegedly either jailed or held in immigration detention as juveniles.

"They are very scared, they are not criminals."

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139 lawmakers support Trump’s refugee ban and also support bombing Syria

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The US is denying refugees and they are then being held in PNG

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- A person or situation which poses a possible threat to the security of something
- Certain countries do not accept refugees/ asylum seekers because of potential security risk.
e.g. Turkish borders not allowing the Syrian refugees to enter the borders

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The UN wants to resettle 450,000 Syrians by the end of 2018.
Australia has already agreed to take 12,000 people* although only 29 Syrian have arrived.

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In the last two years, Australia has intercepted and returned 113 Vietnamese asylum seekers, according to Immigration Department figures.

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War is one main reason for seeking asylum

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War is one main reason for seeking asylum

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Refugees are targeted. They are people, but misconceptions about them lead to serious fall-backs and attacks while the Refugees are left to fend for themselves – receiving harm as a reciprocal of beliefs.

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Refugees from Middle-Eastern countries are being discriminated against through prioritisation of Faith minorities from those countries (Christians etc.)

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According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 

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According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 

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Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.