Yuko Narushima | SMH | January 20, 2011 The Curtin Detention Centre, where asylum seekers are reportedly on a hunger strike. Picture: Nic Ellis Source: The Australian AN AFGHAN asylum seeker has been transferred to...
Back to the danger zone Phil Glendenning | January 19, 2011 Digital image: Judy Green IN HIS recent quarterly report on Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon began his discussion of the security situation there with...
Govt’s “Safe Return” for Afghan Asylum Seekers An Absurdity Catholic Communications, Sydney Archdiocese | 18 Jan 2011 Nearly 3,000 asylum seekers are in detentionFather Jim Carty, co-ordinator of the Marist Asylum Seeker Refugee Centre has...
Dear Sydneysiders: Abbas Hazara, member of the Executive Committee of Australian Hazara Council responsible for matters relating to Youth and Education will be presenting at a meeting being held this Sunday, December 26, 2010. The...
In the wake of yesterday’s Christmas Island deadly asylum seeker boat tragedy, Australia’s Catholic Bishops have questioned a reported deal to send more than 300 Hazara asylum seekers back to Afghanistan at a time when...
By Jenni Henderson and Louise Ray Abdul Rezaei, first time voter in the 2010 Victorian state election (Jenni Henderson - ABC Mildura Swan Hill) For Abdul Rezaei the state election will be the second time...
Phil Mercer | Sydney, AustraliaAbdul Alizada/ Photo: VOA - P. Merce Afghan Refugees Building New Lives In Australia Hazara refugees in Australia are urging the government to grant more visas to Afghan asylum seekers ....
LIAM PENDER, 28 Oct, 2010: FREE speech can often be taken for granted by Australians but for the refugee Hazara people from Afghanistan it is a gift to be treasured. Timor Gherjestani, Hassan Hesary and...
# Joe Kelly/ # From: The Australian REFUGEE groups fear a “flawed” government assessment of Afghanistan will unfairly taint asylum-seekers’ applications to stay in Australia. The assessment by the Australian embassy in Kabul, dated February...