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Due to the escalating outbreak of COVID-19 amid the asylum seekers detained in a Melbourne hotel, a coalition of human rights lawyers from national organisations have called on the federal government to ensure their safety.

Prolonged detention in Australia was contributing to poor mental health and it was clear man preferred liberty in Nauru, judge said

Alison Davidian, Deputy Representative for UN Women in Afghanistan, breaks down what women in Afghanistan need most right now, what UN Women is doing for women in the country, and how the international community can support Afghan women now.

About the author Alison Davidian, Deputy Representative for UN Women in Afghanistan. Photo: UN Women/Zarina Faizi Alison Davidian is the Deputy

It can be easy to feel helpless. But you’re not.

Scott Morrison says the 3,000 humanitarian intake places now allotted is ‘a floor not a ceiling’ and the overall program could expand to ‘achieve more’

The Australian Government needs to show compassion and be flexible towards asylum seekers fleeing Afghanistan, writes Dr Claire Higgins. JUST HOURS AFTER

OPINION: Australia’s resettlement program should be expanded to admit more Afghans "in grave danger" beyond the humanitarian intake of 13,750 people.

It’s not surprising that the former immigration minister, who also used to throw refugee children in detention, would stoop to victim blaming. How shameful that people who come from positions of power and privilege are suggesting that Priya and Nades somehow brought this nightmare on themselves — that the reason their children are in detention is because they dared to have them at all? Blaming refugees and attacking basic human rights, like the right to have children, while they are forced ...

A DFAT report used to judge Sri Lankan asylum seekers' claims has been criticised by an influential UK refugee tribunal, leading to calls for its retraction.