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.

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 ...

CANBERRA, Australia (UNHCR) - A field of hearts, each containing a personal message in support of refugees, was planted in front of Parliament House in Canberra on World Refugee Day on June 20. The ...

The international community has a moral and legal responsibility to protect refugees fleeing religious persecution, according to a report by the United States Commission on International Religious ...