When Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan delivered the national budget yesterday, he blamed the nation’s $17.8 billion deficit on the stubbornly high Australian dollar, softening company-tax revenue and a ...

Ministers will ramp up the closure of migrant hotels in Spring as part of plans to reduce pressure on the asylum system.

Australia plans to evacuate its citizens from the epicentre of the deadly virus outbreak in China and quarantine them on an island normally used to detain asylum seekers, according to proposals ...

UNHCR notes with deep interest the recommendations of the Expert Panel on Asylum-Seekers, in its report released today. UNHCR agrees that there are no quick or simple solutions to the complexity of ...

NEGOMBO, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - The number of Sri Lankans trying to enter Australia illegally by sea is rising, an Australian general said on Tuesday, a day after Canberra said it had intercepted a ...

Philip Ruddock, the father of Australia's controversial asylum seekers policy, says the Opposition shouldn't fixate on ...

When Australia signed the United Nations 1951 Refugee Convention, it committed to providing protection to people who have fled war, persecution and human rights violations. Refugees have often ...

CANBERRA, September 14 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency's Canberra office has sought clarification from the government about reports that Australia is preventing vessels which may be carrying asylum ...