CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia hopes to send thousands of Iranian asylum seekers back to their homeland under a new deal with Tehran, an Australian official said Wednesday. Foreign Minister ...

Australia can help solve a complex and growing challenge without spending vast sums harming people to deter others, the Human ...

GENEVA, 26 August (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency said on Friday that a review of Australian measures for asylum-seekers arriving by boat announced this month had raised serious protection questions.

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian rescuers were trying to help a migrant-filled boat in bad weather and rough seas off Indonesia on Wednesday, a day after the countries agreed to strengthen maritime ties to ...

UNHCR notes with deep interest the recommendations of the Expert Panel on Asylum-Seekers, in its report released today. UNHCR agrees that there are no quick or simple solutions to the complexity of ...

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has called on Palestinian asylum seekers to be deported out of Australia, following the ...

Australia defended its $2.5b deal to deport non-citizens to Nauru, despite rights groups warning of poor healthcare and past neglect on the island.

In Australia, two women hung from a bridge and unfurled a giant banner over a Melbourne freeway reading “Let Them Stay,” as a protest against the government’s plans to relocate 267 asylum seekers from ...

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is under growing pressure to address hardline policies which overshadow the launch of Canberra's bid to join the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday.

People gather in front of the ICE field office at 630 Sansome St. in San Francisco, to protest the latest of two immigrants on June 12, 2025. Photo by Oscar Palma. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s ...