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The ‘Biloela family’ are going home – but what will Labor do with thousands of other asylum seekers in limbo in Australia?

Image: AAPThe long-running case of the “Biloela family” has taken a step forward, after the new Labor government confirmed they would be allowed to return home...

Sunday essay: hunger, dust-storms, war – how I defied the odds as a South Sudanese child refugee

Akuch Kuol Anyieth pictured in Melbourne with her mother Mary. Author providedMy name is Akuch Kuol Anyieth. I am South Sudanese by birth, Kenyan by...

There’s a way to get refugees out of Afghanistan after this week’s deadline — if the Taliban agrees

  Picture: Jose Luis Magana/APUS President Joe Biden’s deadline of August 31 to complete US evacuation efforts from Afghanistan is fast approaching in the...

Afghan refugees can no longer wait — Australia must offer permanent protection now

  Picture: Stringer/EPAJust hours after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Australia joined the international community in calling for the “safe and orderly departure of foreign nationals...

Resettling refugees in other countries is not working, nor is it fair. So, why is Australia doing it?

 Picture: Erik Anderson/AAPThe federal government has scrambled in recent days to minimise the political fallout from its treatment of the Tamil family from Biloela....

For Muslim refugees in immigration detention, another sombre, isolated Eid holiday

  Picture: Darren England/AAPAround Australia, Muslims have been preparing to celebrate Eid al-Fitr – “the feast of breaking the fast” that marks the end...

It’s not just about the rise in anti-Semitism: why we need real stories for better Holocaust education in Australia

 Image: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, Poland. ShutterstockOn January 27 communities worldwide commemorated the liberation of Auschwitz — the largest complex of concentration camps and extermination centres...

Banning mobile phones in immigration detention would make an inhumane system even crueler

Picture: Michael Dodge/AAP Mobile phones are a lifeline for those in immigration detention. But if the government has its way, this thread will soon be cut.A proposed...

Refugees need protection from coronavirus too, and must be released

Picture: AAP/Dan Peled Pressure is growing to release people from immigration detention, with lawyers from Australia’s Human Rights Law Centre mounting a court case on behalf of...

Graphic novels help teens learn about racism, climate change and social justice – here’s a reading list

The success of ‘Maus’ made the genre more visible.  Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for New York Comic Con Teen activists worldwide are making headlines for...
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