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Opening the door to victims of upheaval
The millions of Ukrainian refugees being taken in after fleeing the Russian invasion reinforces the importance of legal conventions and human decency, writes Morry Bailes.
The millions of Ukrainian refugees being taken in after fleeing the Russian invasion reinforces the importance of legal conventions and human decency, writes Morry Bailes.
Dozens more detained refugees who were transferred from offshore detention will soon be released on bridging visas, refugee advocates say.
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Taken from home by police with 10 minutes notice. Stressed, isolated from work and family, cooped up in a small room for two weeks. Stephanie Richards talks to people caught up in an Adelaide virus emergency, and the grass-roots groups who help them survive.
Christmas Island will be the new transition point for dealing with any asylum seekers coming by boat, before they are moved on to Nauru.
Asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru considered to be of “adverse character” will be sent to a reopened Christmas Island facility if they try to come to Australia under new medical evacuation laws.
A bill to allow asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus Island to be transferred to Australia for medical and psychiatric treatment has passed both Houses. Nicholas Procter and Mary Anne Kenny explain how it will work.
Scott Morrison is ramping up border security patrols and reopening Christmas Island after federal parliament passed new laws fast-tracking medical evacuations for asylum seekers.