Asylum Seekers
Climate refugee
Climate refugee Ioane Teitiota is seeking asylum in NZ. His case is a step closer to being heard by the Supreme Court and it's garnering further international attention. Audio
Manus Island stand off ends without injury: PNG official
There are conflicting accounts of how a stand off between guards and asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island came to an end. Audio
PNG says Manus situation has been resolved
The stand-off between asylum seekers and guards at a compound inside the Manus Island detention centre has been resolved according to PNG government sources. Audio
PNG asylum seekers send message as protests enter 7th day
Asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island says they are prepared to die and donate their organs to Australians, so at least part of their bodies can taste freedom. Audio
Global Neighbours Indonesia
Editor of Asia Calling Rebecca Henschke reports from the world's fourth most populous nation with the largest population of Muslims, the Republic of Indonesia, pop. 237,424,363 (census. 2011). Asylum… Audio
UN finds Australia's asylum seeker policies 'concerning'
The United Nations Committee Against Torture has criticised Australia's asylum seeker policies, including the detention of children and its use of off-shore processing centres. Audio
Global Neighbours : Denmark
Claire Clausen reports from Denmark, where they've just accepted 20,000 asylum seekers - which is causing issues. Audio
Australia justifies border controls to UN
Australian officials have defended their record on the treatment of asylum seekers at a meeting of the United Nations Committee Against Torture in Geneva. Audio
Australia in UN spotlight over refugee treatment
The Australian government is being reviewed by the United Nations Committee Against Torture in Geneva this week. Audio
ICC asked to investigate Australia for 'crimes of humanity'
The International Criminal Court is being asked to investigate the Australian government's treatment of asylum seekers, particuarly crimes against humanity. Audio
Claims Australia's refugee treatment 'crimes against humanity'
The International Criminal Court has been asked to investigate the Australian government's treatment of asylum seekers, for crimes against humanity. In a letter to the ICC, independent MP, Andrew… Audio
Asylum seeker's baby not granted visa in Australia
Lawyers for an asylum seekers family in Australia are fighting a Federal Court's decision that the baby born in a Brisbane Hospital is not entitled to stay in the country. Audio
Asylum seekers challenge Australian government in court
A groundbreaking legal challenge to Australia's power to intercept asylum seekers' boats outside its territorial waters is being heard in Canberra. Audio
Refugees on Nauru complain of mental torture
Refugees with temporary visas to settle in Nauru say they are losing faith in both the local government and Australia's to help them build a meaningful life on the island. Audio
Ethicist warns of risk to Australia's reputation
An ethicist is warning that the Australian Government's immigration policy and treatment of asylum seekers is putting the country's global reputation at risk. Audio
Australia's Asylum Seekers
The Australian government is looking to more Pacific Island nations for help to "shoulder the burden" of the country's asylum seeker issue. This comes amid ongoing problems at the existing asylum… Audio
Former Nauru camp volunteer releases damning book
A former Salvation Army worker who provided welfare services at the Australian-run asylum seeker detention centre on Nauru says the situation of hopelessness at the camp was so bad he had to speak… Audio
Ideas for 26 January 2014
To focus attention on what he called "one of the central moral issues of our time", prolific Australian author Thomas Keneally last year edited and contributed to A Country Too Far - Writings on… Audio
Damning report on Australia's offshore asylum seeker centre
Amnesty International says the slow processing of asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island seems deliberately designed to pressure detainees to return to countries from where they have fled.
…Fears for the mental health of Australia's asylum seekers
Amnesty International in Australia says it has extreme fears for the mental health of the inmates of the asylum seeker camps in PNG and Nauru. Audio