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Experts recommend Australia deport asylum seekers

By AP News Mon, Aug 13, 2012 4:05PM UTC 0 Comment

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Asylum seekers who attempt to reach Australia by boat should be deported to detention centers in Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and the tiny Pacific atoll of Nauru, a report to Parliament recommended on Monday. The report aims to curb the flow of future boat arrivals and was drawn up by an...

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Indonesia rescues 60 migrants in troubled boat

By AP News Thu, Jul 26, 2012 5:04PM UTC 0 Comment

SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue officials say they have rescued 60 asylum seekers in a troubled boat adrift in heavy seas off of Indonesia’s main island of Java. The head of the local search and rescue agency, Sutrisno, says the 60 people from Iraq and Iran were found Thursday on a wooden boat near Madura...

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Australia: No deal on asylum seekers

By Rowena Dela Rosa Yoon Fri, Jun 29, 2012 11:05PM UTC 2 Comments

Toddlers are among the latest boat arrivals. (Photo: Danile Wilkins)

The Senate upheld a High Court’s decision to scrap an extra-territorial solution to people smuggled by boat into Australia in a dramatic vote, 39 against 29. This is a nail in the coffin of Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s benchmark policy to solve human smuggling. It also puts to rest Gillard’s “Malaysian Solution”—a deal that allows Australia to take in 4,000 genuine...

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Australia: Boat people to experience homestay

By Rowena Dela Rosa Yoon Thu, May 03, 2012 5:39PM UTC 5 Comments

Detainees stage a protest on a rooftop of the Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney in March. (Photo: AP)

Following the launch of the Community Placement Network (CPN) today, about 5000 asylum seekers will be able to experience a decent life in a homestay program. The 6-week refugee homestay, an initial scheme to ease overcrowded detention centres, is expected to kick off two weeks from now. CPN is designed to accommodate asylum seekers released from...

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Australia Day focuses on Aborigines, refugees

By Rowena Dela Rosa Yoon Thu, Jan 26, 2012 12:05PM UTC 0 Comment

Prime Minister Julia Gillard poses with Geoffrey Rush

This year’s Australia Day has seen both old and new issues come under the spotlight, including indigenous culture, asylum-seekers, gay marriage, and climate change. These issues, however, cannot be solely discussed through political means but through the arts. Academy-award winning actor Geoffrey Rush was named the 2012 Australian of the Year in a ceremony at the...

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