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There are numerous avenues for immigration to Australia. This includes both the various visas available to prospective immigrants and their

Andrea Bortoli reviews Asylum! A socialist view of the refugee crisis — a timely pamphlet that provides an overview of the current refugee crisis.

I decided long ago that Senator Kimberley Kitching (Labor, Victoria) would be named my favourite politician of the 46th Parliament.

Most people would agree that the government should have the power to cancel the visas of, and deport, non-citizens who are serious or dangerous criminals. Nobody wants to be the victim of a crime or to live in an unsafe society. We have enough criminals without keeping additional ones. By Paul Cutler

The decision of both the Morrison government and Labor to pass the “damaging” deportation laws through the lower house has been criticised by lawyers as a “shameful and deliberate attempt to demonise migrants and refugees”.

A small cohort of guards is smuggling at least $10,000 worth of drugs into the centre every week, sources in Sydney facility claim

A bill that passed the House of Representatives has been challenged by independent MP Andrew Wilkie and refugee groups for lowering the deportation bar.

The government’s proposal to strengthen the “character test”, which allows it to cancel the visas of people convicted of certain crimes, is unnecessary given the minister’s already vast powers.

The Morrison government’s third attempt to pass “flawed” legislation that would grant the immigration minister more power to cancel visas and deport people has been labelled a “desperate power grab” by human rights lawyers.

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal overrides cancellation of the man’s visa, who posed ‘very low’ risk of reoffending