Australian immigration minister fails to reintroduce Temporary Protection Visas
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11:58 16/12/2013
The Australian government has been defeated in the upper house of the Australian parliament in a vote on the reintroduction of Temporary Protection Visas (TPVs). The Coalition which now governs...
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14:07 29/11/2013
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New Australian PM promises talks with Indonesia on immigration
10:19 19/09/2013
Tony Abbott, the leader of the right wing Coalition, has been elected as the new prime minister of Australia. The Coalition had a major victory over the Australian Labor Party at the federal election...
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9:34 09/08/2013
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Australia announces all asylum seekers will be transported to PNG
16:34 24/07/2013
The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced that, from now on, all asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat will be sent to the processing centre on the island of Manus, which is part...
Australian parliament introduces law allowing immigrants to be 'processed offshore'
12:03 29/05/2013
The Australian Senate has voted for an amendment which would allow the authorities to take asylum seekers who land on the Australian mainland and hold them in offshore processing camps on Nauru and...
