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Minister denies NZ ties came before community safety

Minister denies NZ ties came before community safety

As he comes under fire for a controversial directive, the immigration minister has confirmed drones are used to track foreigners released from detention.

Visa appeal tribunal told to go harder on criminals

Visa appeal tribunal told to go harder on criminals

Visa appeal tribunal told to go harder on criminals

Visa appeal tribunal told to go harder on criminals

An independent tribunal will be given a new direction after an initial order to consider someone's ties to Australia allowed a rapist to remain in the country.

Minister vows to appeal tribunal's visa decisions

Minister vows to appeal tribunal's visa decisions

Minister vows to appeal tribunal's visa decisions

Minister vows to appeal tribunal's visa decisions

The immigration minister has faced repeated questioning over a ministerial direction that allowed foreign nationals who have committed crimes to keep visas.

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Calls to scrap immigration order after tribunal case

Calls to scrap immigration order after tribunal case

A direction taking into account a foreign national's ties to Australia when determining if their visa should be cancelled will be axed under the coalition.

Migration cut would have 'negligible' effect on housing

Migration cut would have 'negligible' effect on housing

A housing expert has rubbished claims from the coalition that a cut in the migration intake would lead to better housing affordability and supply.

Refugee support services get budget boost

Refugee support services get budget boost

An immigration detention centre in Western Australia will have its security but not facilities improved, and the Australian Border Force gets $100m.

New laws questioned after court keeps Iranian locked up

New laws questioned after court keeps Iranian locked up

A High Court ruling blocking an immigration detainee who failed to co-operate with his deportation being freed is raising questions about the need for new laws.

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Deportation bill held up as major High Court case looms

Deportation bill held up as major High Court case looms

Deportation bill held up as major High Court case looms

Deportation bill held up as major High Court case looms

A Senate committee is split over laws threatening foreigners with jail time if they don't comply with deportation orders as a significant High Court case nears.

Freed detainee court orders a 'matter of urgency': PM

Freed detainee court orders a 'matter of urgency': PM

Freed detainee court orders a 'matter of urgency': PM

Freed detainee court orders a 'matter of urgency': PM

Locking up freed immigration detainees who have reoffended needs to be urgently pursued, Anthony Albanese has said after a grandmother's brutal assault.

Tests for skilled migrants set for overhaul

Tests for skilled migrants set for overhaul

Tests for skilled migrants set for overhaul

Tests for skilled migrants set for overhaul

A review of the points test for migrants in Australia will be carried out as part of immigration system changes.

Immigrant charged after ankle bracelet goes flat

Immigrant charged after ankle bracelet goes flat

Immigrant charged after ankle bracelet goes flat

Immigrant charged after ankle bracelet goes flat

A Sudanese-born man who failed to charge his monitoring device faces more than five years in jail after failing to charge his monitoring device.

Visa offered to Pakistani guard hurt in Bondi stabbing

Visa offered to Pakistani guard hurt in Bondi stabbing

Visa offered to Pakistani guard hurt in Bondi stabbing

Visa offered to Pakistani guard hurt in Bondi stabbing

A Pakistani security guard injured in the Bondi attack will be offered a permanent visa alongside the French "bollard man", the prime minister has confirmed.

Indefinite detention 'not punitive': government lawyer

Indefinite detention 'not punitive': government lawyer

Indefinite detention 'not punitive': government lawyer

Indefinite detention 'not punitive': government lawyer

Government authorities have tried to deport a bisexual man to Iran every six months since 2018 but they failed because he resisted, as he feared for his life.

Questions over ALP's detainee 'deportation or jail' law

Questions over ALP's detainee 'deportation or jail' law

Questions over ALP's detainee 'deportation or jail' law

Questions over ALP's detainee 'deportation or jail' law

The Greens are again arguing against Labor's plan for laws aimed at forcing detainees determined not to be refugees back to their home countries.

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Labor pushed to explain rush on new deportation powers

A push to coerce people who refuse to co-operate with their deportation from Australia has been stalled as politicians ask why Labor is trying to rush new laws.

Questions over urgency to grant new deportation powers

Laws that Labor is trying to ram through the parliament to give the immigration minister stronger powers to deport detainees have been sent to an inquiry.

Trial begins for man accused of exit trafficking wife

A man has denied deceiving his wife into returning to Sudan without telling her he had cancelled her Australian visa, on the first day of a jury trial.

Libs eye slash to immigration, foreign student intake

The opposition is working on a policy to cut Australia's migration intake, with immigration spokesman Dan Tehan saying 1.5 million over four years is too high.

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Unwilling deportee tests High Court detention ruling

An immigration detainee is fighting for freedom after a decade but the Commonwealth is pushing to keep those who don't co-operate with authorities locked up.

Immigration detainees not charged under emergency laws

Seven murderers and 37 sex offenders have been released from immigration detention, with the immigration minister under fire over how they've been managed.

Watchdog criticises Home Affairs, ABF deportation moves

A Commonwealth Ombudsman’s report has lambasted Home Affairs and Australian Border Force’s deportation policies of non-citizens from immigration detention.

Artist rewinds tape to 1990s with video store replica

Artist Callum Preston revels in the era of VHS tapes and laminated membership cards, with an upcoming installation at Melbourne's Immigration Museum.

Back to school spells new tests for refugee students

As the school year starts, students with experiences of war and displacement are all too familiar with turning a new page.

Doctor jailed for forcing refugee to work at candy shop

A doctor will spend at least 18 months behind bars for threatening to deport an asylum seeker if he did not work long hours while underpaid at his candy shop.

UN committee report slams Australia's 'inhuman' prisons

Prisons and detention centres in Australia have been described as inhuman and degrading by a UN report that claims some cases may amount to torture.

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