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Labor voted against the Libs’ immigration detention phone ban twice. Now it’s pitching a very similar proposal

‘It’s still, in substance, very much the Coalition’s bill from 2017 and 2020,’ the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s Jana Favero told Crikey.

Crikey

Australia welcomed 9,400 refugees in six months — but that number doesn’t tell the full story

A new UN report paints a bleak picture of the state of global displacement. Australia is doing its part — but is it enough?

Crikey

Last refugee on Nauru evacuated as Australian government says offshore processing policy remains

Decention centre on Pacific island ‘ready to receive and process’ any new unauthorised maritime arrivals at an annual cost of $350m

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Home affairs asked Labor to extend support for asylum seekers as housing market worsens

Exclusive: Refugee advocates say nothing yet done to improve supports and they fear for people who end up with none

The Guardian - AU

Victoria's Asylum Seeker Resource Centre at risk of closure after big fall in donations

One of Victoria's biggest charities, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre says it's at risk of going under after public donations fell by 45 per cent over the past year.

ABC News

Minister overhauls visa laws for family applications

Family members of asylum seekers who arrived by boat will be able to have their visa applications considered under government changes.

AAP

'Obscene amount' for Nauru contract

The federal government has awarded a $422 million contract for a prison company under investigation in the US to manage offshore detention.

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Auditor eyes ‘outrageous and unfathomable’ private prison firm’s $70m Nauru contract

MTC has been accused of ‘gross negligence’ and ‘egregious security’ failures in the US, and of problems at Parklea prison in NSW.

Crikey

Visa application backlog risks causing ‘human misery and economic carnage’ due to understaffing, says Labor MP

Julian Hill backs home affairs minister prioritising overseas skilled applicants, as advocates warn of damage of ‘limbo’ status for refugees

The Guardian - AU

Celebrations at last as Murugappan family to be back in Biloela for youngest daughter’s birthday

Labor’s decision to release the Murugappans means that four-year-old Tharnicaa will finally have a birthday outside immigration detention

The Guardian - AU

Refugees freed on six-month Australian visas live ‘life in limbo’

Refugees who arrived by boat years ago are supposed to make plans to leave but most have nowhere to go.

Al Jazeera

More refugees released from detention ahead of Australian election

Coalition releases detainees as it prepares to face independents calling for more humane treatment of refugees, advocates suggest

The Guardian - AU

Coalition urged to terminate Canstruct contract to end financial ‘black hole’ on Nauru

There is little sense keeping refugees on island at great expense following New Zealand resettlement deal, human rights groups say

The Guardian - AU

‘A form of cruelty’: 51 asylum seekers brought to Australia under medevac laws still languish in detention

Since 2017 about 206 refugees have been released but their freedom highlights the ‘random’ way others remain locked up

The Guardian - AU

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