The case of two Bangladeshi men seeking refugee status because they claim to be gay is to be reviewed, after courts couldn’t agree on whether they were gay. Melbourne-based freelance reporter David Donaldson reports.
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Refugee debate dominated by compromise, not core promises
The anti-mandatory detention campaign, which came from the Left, has a simple demand — that the country live up to its freely taken-on treaty obligations. Why have commentators like Robert Manne lost sight of that?
READ MOREAn Arab Israeli’s quest for refugee status
According to a recent decision of the Refugee Review Tribunal, the systemic discrimination cited by an Arab Israeli does not necessarily amount to persecution.
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The death of a 36-year-old Fiji detainee at Villawood detention centre bears disturbing similarities to the death a decade earlier of a Tongan man on the day he was due to be deportation from the Maribyrnong detention centre in Melbourne. Inga Ting reports.
READ MORECongratulations! You’re a refugee!
You can bet the 72 Sri Lankan men on Nauru who’ve just been granted refugee status wish they didn’t wash up during an election year, writes Sophie Black.
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