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IHMS can't locate refugees due to poor Australian immigration records

12:26 06/08/2015
A combination of poor recording keeping by the Australian Immigration department and bad data management by International Health and Medical Services (IHMS) has resulted in the IHMS being unable to...

Australia Immigration: Labor may endorse boat 'turnbacks'

13:54 30/06/2015
The Australian Labor Party may soon support immigrant boat 'turnbacks' according to Labor leader Bill Shorten, after party members publicly endorsed the policy. The Australian Labour Party has...

Australian Immigration Detention Centres to Close to Save Money

13:10 20/05/2015
Several immigration detention centres are to close on Christmas Island as announced in Australia's budget. The budget also confirms that there will be cuts in funding for the International...

Serco wins 5-year Australian immigration contract

18:11 22/01/2015
The company that runs Australia's immigration detention centres has been awarded a further five-year contract, despite concerns about its conduct at centres it currently manages. Serco, which has...

Australian immigration force accused of breaching refugee treaty

15:06 28/01/2014
Indonesia is investigating claims from asylum seekers that Australian border guards intercepted boats sailing from Indonesian waters attempting to reach Australian territory; they then forced the...

Migrants prepare to take advantage of Australia Indonesia dispute

14:07 29/11/2013
Sri Lankan migrants hoping to reach Australia have told journalists that they hope to take advantage of a diplomatic rift between Australia and Indonesia to make the crossing from Indonesia to...

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