Fifty-five people are assumed drowned after an asylum seeker boat sunk near Christmas Island last week. How do Australian authorities deal with deceased asylum seekers?
Labor and the Liberals both have asylum seeker policies designed around fear, not results. Immigration experts John Menadue and Arja Keski-Nummi ask: where is the voice for decency?
Serco, which provides detention centre services for the federal government, has come under fire for allowing a string of escapes. But is there an alternative to outsourcing?
Immigration is still a hot-button topic in Australian politics, even after last year's Houston panel. Just exactly what are all the parties promising on asylum seeker policy?
Crikey readers talk replacing a governor-general, teachers' pay and Australia's population.
Concerns about the direction of the Australian economy are growing but voters aren't enamoured of budget spending cuts.
The Australian government is increasingly turning to secretive "screening out" procedures to return asylum seekers to their countries of origin. But if they say the right words, boat people can receive proper process.
Crikey readers weigh in on the link between Australia's carbon emissions and our immigration policy.
Recent data shows that without Australia's population boom, we'd probably have greenhouse gas emissions under control. So why is no one talking about whether an Australia of 62 million is environmentally sustainable?
Rupert Murdoch has attacked Labor for being racist and portrayed himself as an immigration advocate. Does that ring true, given the stories his newspapers run? Crikey intern Ben Westcott trawls through the archives.
