Refugees

Hazara MP urges humane treatment of asylum seekers

Hazara People note: We do respect all ethnic groups, but Hazara People are not Afghan. Afghan or Pashtun is another ethnic group in Afghanistan. Afghan MP urges humane treatment of asylum seekers Kirsty Needham Hazara...

By Hazara International 14 years ago

Refugees

Asylum seekers duped, dropped at wrong island

Lindsay Murdoch April 4, 2011 PEOPLE smugglers have duped 128 Afghan asylum seekers by dropping them off at a tiny Indonesian island they were told was Australia’s Ashmore Reef. The smugglers were long gone by...

By Hazara International 14 years ago

Refugees

ACMRO offers sympathy on death of Hazara asylum seeker

Hazara People note: We do respect all ethnic groups, but Hazara People are not Afghan. Afghan or Pashtun is another ethnic group in Afghanistan. AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS CONFERENCE Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office ACMRO...

By Hazara International 14 years ago

Refugees

Hazara asylum seeker dies at Curtin detention centre

Hazara people note: Our sources confirm that the asylum seeker who died in Curtin detention centre is Hazara. Asylum seeker dies at Curtin detention centre ABC: The Immigration Department has confirmed a detainee has died...

By Hazara International 14 years ago

Refugees

School arrest will terrify other asylum seekers

by Simon Gaskell, South Wales Echo Mar 26 2011 A HEADMASTER from a Cardiff school is to meet the UK Border Agency to discuss how one of his pupils was arrested when school was in...

By Omid Jafari 14 years ago

Refugees

Failed claims are won on appeal

Paul Maley, National security correspondent From: The Australian March 25, 2011 MORE than half of all failed refugee claims are being overturned on review, suggesting there are major inconsistencies in the way asylum cases are...

By Omid Jafari 14 years ago

Refugees

Afghans to be deported after bids rejected

Sally Neighbour | The Australian | March 25, 2011 DOZENS of failed Afghan asylum-seekers are facing deportation after the federal government persuaded authorities in Kabul to agree to their forced repatriation, despite fears for their...

By Omid Jafari 14 years ago

Refugees

Asylum seeker’s eleventh hour reprieve

Thursday 17 March 2011 Protesters make a final plea for Reza YosefiA SHEFFIELD asylum seeker has won an eleventh-hour reprieve from being deported to a country with which he claims he has no links. Reza...

By Omid Jafari 14 years ago

Refugees

Afghan asylum seeker has been found dead at an immigration detention centre in Queensland

March 18, 2011 – 12:21AM A 20-year-old Afghan asylum seeker has been found dead at an immigration detention centre in Queensland. The Department of Immigration confirmed the body of the asylum seeker was discovered in...

By Omid Jafari 14 years ago

Refugees

AFGHAN CITIZENS BEATEN IN DETENTION AT UKRAINE AIRPORT

16 March 2011 Detained asylum-seekers should be given access to lawyers and the UNHCR © UNHCRAmnesty International has condemned the mistreatment of eight Afghan citizens awaiting deportation from Ukraine, who are being beaten by border...

By Omid Jafari 14 years ago