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Federal government urged to fast track migration plan

Federal government urged to fast track migration plan

The Queensland government has urged the commonwealth to fast track plans to halve overseas migration in a bid to help ease the state's housing pressures.

Unis warn foreign student cap will harm research, jobs

Unis warn foreign student cap will harm research, jobs

Unis warn foreign student cap will harm research, jobs

Unis warn foreign student cap will harm research, jobs

The government promises a cap on international student visas will improve educational integrity but universities warn it will lead to research underfunding.

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.

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New arrivals feeling unfair blame for rental crisis

New arrivals feeling unfair blame for rental crisis

A poll shows almost half of all migrants and refugees feel they are copping the brunt of Australia's housing affordability crisis.

Nothing will stop Rwanda policy, UK's Sunak says

Nothing will stop Rwanda policy, UK's Sunak says

Five people have died trying to cross the English Channel from France hours after Britain's upper house of parliament passed tough new asylum seeker laws.

Trump calls migrants 'animals' during campaign speech

Trump calls migrants 'animals' during campaign speech

Donald Trump says Latin American nations are intentionally sending their criminals into the United States.

Plan to block people from countries could backfire: UN

Plan to block people from countries could backfire: UN

Australia's push to block people from countries that won't accept the return of asylum seekers will have a negative impact, a UN-related agency says.

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Students, temporary workers send migration soaring

Students, temporary workers send migration soaring

Students, temporary workers send migration soaring

Students, temporary workers send migration soaring

Australia's population is booming with the arrival of 548,000 migrants in one year, many of them international students and temporary workers.

Need for better recognition of migrant qualifications

Need for better recognition of migrant qualifications

Need for better recognition of migrant qualifications

Need for better recognition of migrant qualifications

Australia needs to increase access to English-language training for migrants and better recognise their qualifications for the nation to reap the benefits.

Refugee health clinic thrives amid bulkbilling shortage

Refugee health clinic thrives amid bulkbilling shortage

Refugee health clinic thrives amid bulkbilling shortage

Refugee health clinic thrives amid bulkbilling shortage

At a time when bulk billing doctors are hard to come by, a health clinic is supporting refugees and asylum-seekers in Melbourne with free and low-fee consults.

Opposition out to politicise boat arrivals: Albanese

Opposition out to politicise boat arrivals: Albanese

Opposition out to politicise boat arrivals: Albanese

Opposition out to politicise boat arrivals: Albanese

Anthony Albanese has accused Peter Dutton of using "overblown rhetoric" following boat arrivals in Western Australia.

US unveils $118b bill for border security, military aid

US unveils $118b bill for border security, military aid

US unveils $118b bill for border security, military aid

US unveils $118b bill for border security, military aid

Senate negotiators have released a sweeping bipartisan border security deal that is aimed at discouraging migrants from crossing the US-Mexico border.

Warning amid falling student visa approval numbers

Warning amid falling student visa approval numbers

Warning amid falling student visa approval numbers

Warning amid falling student visa approval numbers

Australia is seeking to restore the standing of its higher education sector and has reduced the number of student visa approvals.

Indonesian mob storms refugee shelter, urge deportation

Indonesian mob storms refugee shelter, urge deportation

Indonesian mob storms refugee shelter, urge deportation

Indonesian mob storms refugee shelter, urge deportation

The United Nations Refugee Agency says a crowd of students has broken through a police cordon and forcibly put 137 asylum seekers on two trucks in Indonesia.

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Bail for ex-detainee accused of breaching curfew

One of dozens of immigration detainees arrested by police after being released into the community following a landmark High Court ruling has been freed on bail.

Visas to address skill shortage on cards for roundtable

Addressing skills shortages will be on the agenda when federal, state and territory ministers meet for the first migration roundtable.

All-embracing migration plan endorsed by peak bodies

Peak bodies have welcomed the government's migration strategy for the benefits it will bring to workers and industries suffering labour shortages.

Migrant families try tree change in city-country doco

In SBS documentary Meet the Neighbours, migrant families try moving to the Victorian goldfields town of Maryborough.

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Quicker refugee claims process to snuff out false ones

The Albanese government is cracking down on false asylum claims by boosting the resources of the bodies that assess refugee protection applications.

Migration system enabled worst crimes known to humanity

Human trafficking, organised crime and modern slavery have flourished thanks to weaknesses in Australia's immigration system.

Dozens of asylum seekers protest against legal limbo

Refugees who say they've been let down by Australia's fast-track scheme are protesting at the office of Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil.

Millennials lead city exodus for good days in the bush

A landmark report reveals migration from the cities to the country has tripled in the last five years, as millennials increasingly escape the rat race.

Tense times continue, two years after Taliban takeover

When the Taliban took over Kabul two years ago, Nasiba Barakzai was studying to become a human rights lawyer, but now is restarting life in Australia.

Australia's humanitarian intake rises to 20,000 a year

The federal government will lift the number of places available to refugees as part of its humanitarian intake to 20,000 people per year.

Don't blame migration for housing mess, business says

The Business Council of Australia says it's disingenuous to brand a temporary rebalancing of Australia's migration inflows as a "big Australia" policy.

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