Antoun (Tony) Nahal, his wife, mother-in-law and six-year-old daughter face deportation to Egypt as early as this week -- despite the fact that daughter Rita was born here and the others have lived in Australia since 2004.
Last Tuesday UNHCR's António Guterres recognized Angelie Jolie’s 10 years of service with the refugee agency by asking her to take on an expanded role as a Special Envoy in some of the world’s most difficult refugee situations. Surely Australia fits? asks Richard Farmer.
An asylum seeker’s story reveals the human side of the boat debate, an intimate account of how mental illness is fomented in detention centres, writes freelance journalist Jacob Moss.
A decided ennui has overtaken Canberra, or at least the Press Gallery. There's a general sense that politics at the moment is truly wretched, a Sisyphean ordeal.
Crikey media wrap: After a day of arguments over amendments to the Migration Act, the Gillard government remain at a political standstill on asylum seeker processing, with onshore processing currently the only viable refugee policy.
Crikey media wrap: Julia Gillard's plan of changing the Migration Act remains in troubled waters, with both the Coalition and Labor MPs threatening to sink the refugee policy.
Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser sent the following letter to Immigration Minister Chris Bowen last week ...
Crikey media wrap: Prime Minister Julia Gillard convinced her Labor caucus to back changes to the Migration Act in order to legalise the Malaysia refugee swap, but will Tony Abbott support them?
Media wrap: Julia Gillard is likely to rescue her High Court-doomed Malaysia Solution policy, with Labor MPs expected to back changes this morning to the current Migration Act to allow offshore processing.
Was the head of Immigration verballed by journalists about social unrest? Well, yes and no ...
