Australia's new deportation deal with Nauru has sparked human rights concerns. Under a decades-old policy, asylum seekers are ...

Australia has started deporting foreign-born criminals to a barren Pacific island under a controversial new deal.

Australia can help solve a complex and growing challenge without spending vast sums harming people to deter others, the Human Rights Commission president says.

Australia on Sunday defended a A$2.5 billion ($1.62 billion) deal to deport hundreds of non-citizens to the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru over the next 30 years, a plan criticised by human rights ...

The first deportation of a person from Australia to the Pacific Island nation of Nauru under a billion-dollar deal to ...

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 ...

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 ...

CANBERRA, Australia, February 1 (UNHCR) - The ordeal of Iraqi refugee Mohammed Faisal is finally over after he was granted an Australian protection visa following five years stuck on a tiny Pacific ...

On Thursday, the Trump administration announced its refugee policy would prioritise admitting Afrikaners, South Africa's white minority group.

On a Sunday in June, Pastor Ara Torosian gave a message to his congregation in Los Angeles: If detained by immigration officers, "first, call your lawyer, and second, call your pastor." It didn't take ...