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Gay Saudi Journalists Released From Australian Detention Centre
Two gay Saudi journalists who were detained in Australia as they sought permanent refuge have been released while their asylum claims are processed, their lawyer told AFP on Tuesday.
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Indian Asylum-Seeker Sets Refugee Camp On Fire At Port Near Australia
An Indian man who tried to kill himself by setting fire to his room at a refugee camp in Papua New Guinea faces charges of arson and attempted suicide, the police said. Asylum seeker Ravinder Singh, in his 30s, locked himself in a shipping container room at a camp on Manus Island on Friday and started a blaze that engulfed two other rooms before be...
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Australia Confirms Wikileaks' Julian Assange Has Valid Passport
Australia has confirmed that Julian Assange has a valid passport, a key development for the Wikileaks founder, who fears that Ecuador seeks to end his asylum in its London embassy and extradite him to the United States.
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Saudi Teen Who Fled Her Family Welcomed As "Brave Canadian" In Toronto
An 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family this week saying she feared for her life arrived in Toronto on Saturday after Canada granted her asylum, according to a Reuters witness.
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Australia Says No Timeframe To Decide Case Of Saudi Teen Seeking Asylum
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Thursday there was no timeframe for the assessment of the case of Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, a Saudi woman who fled to Thailand saying she feared her family would kill her.
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Australia To "Very, Very" Seriously Consider Giving Asylum To Saudi Teen
Australia gave its strongest hint yet on Wednesday that an 18-year-old Saudi woman in Bangkok would be granted humanitarian asylum, despite efforts by Riyadh and her family to force her return home.
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Australia To "Consider" Saudi Woman's Asylum Plea
Australia said Tuesday it will "carefully consider" the asylum claim of an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled alleged abuse from her family and is now in the care of the UN in Bangkok, after she fended off deportation in a gripping, live-tweeted ordeal.
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Indians, Pakistanis Among 200 Seeking Asylum In Australia After Commonwealth Games
A total of 8,103 athletes, media representatives and officials arrived in Australia on temporary visas for the Gold Coast event which concluded on April 15.
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African Athletes Disappeared At Commonwealth Games. Now They've Surfaced To Seek Asylum
In the middle of the weightlifting competition at the Commonwealth Games in Australia last month, Rwanda's coach, Jean Paul Nsengiyumva, said he had to use the bathroom. He never came back.
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Please Stop Feeding The Kangaroos - Or Risk Getting Mauled, Australian Officials Warn Tourists
A former insane asylum whose grounds - declared a wildlife refuge in 1972 - are now home to a mob of wild kangaroos and is flocked by tourists. However, a rash of reported kangaroo attacks on tourists has prompted several officials, including Australian MP Greg Piper, to call for more visible warnings to be put up at the unofficial attraction.
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Afghan Charged Over Smuggling Asylum-Seekers To Australia
An Afghan man who reportedly made millions of dollars smuggling asylum-seekers to Australia by boat has been extradited from Indonesia and charged with 10 offences, Australian police said on Friday.
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US President Donald Trump Says To Study 'Dumb' Refugee Deal With Australia
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will review a "dumb deal" to take hundreds of Australian asylum seekers after the Washington Post reported he had angrily berated Australia's prime minister and abruptly ended a tense telephone call.
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US To Resettle Australia's Refugees Languishing On Islands
The United States has agreed to resettle an unspecified number of refugees languishing in Pacific island camps in a deal that is expected to inspire more asylum seekers to attempt to reach Australia by boat, officials said on Sunday.
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UN Report Slams Nauru For Failure To Protect Refugee Children
A United Nations report has slammed the tiny-Pacific island nation of Nauru for it's failure to protect asylum seeker children from sexual abuse inside the country's Australian-run detention centre.
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Papua New Guinea, Australia Agree To Close Detention Center
Papua New Guinea and Australia said today they have agreed to close a detention center on Manus Island for asylum seekers but they offered no details on when it will happen or on the fate of the 850 men being held there.
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Gay Saudi Journalists Released From Australian Detention Centre
Two gay Saudi journalists who were detained in Australia as they sought permanent refuge have been released while their asylum claims are processed, their lawyer told AFP on Tuesday.
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Indian Asylum-Seeker Sets Refugee Camp On Fire At Port Near Australia
An Indian man who tried to kill himself by setting fire to his room at a refugee camp in Papua New Guinea faces charges of arson and attempted suicide, the police said. Asylum seeker Ravinder Singh, in his 30s, locked himself in a shipping container room at a camp on Manus Island on Friday and started a blaze that engulfed two other rooms before be...
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Australia Confirms Wikileaks' Julian Assange Has Valid Passport
Australia has confirmed that Julian Assange has a valid passport, a key development for the Wikileaks founder, who fears that Ecuador seeks to end his asylum in its London embassy and extradite him to the United States.
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Saudi Teen Who Fled Her Family Welcomed As "Brave Canadian" In Toronto
An 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family this week saying she feared for her life arrived in Toronto on Saturday after Canada granted her asylum, according to a Reuters witness.
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Australia Says No Timeframe To Decide Case Of Saudi Teen Seeking Asylum
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Thursday there was no timeframe for the assessment of the case of Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, a Saudi woman who fled to Thailand saying she feared her family would kill her.
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Australia To "Very, Very" Seriously Consider Giving Asylum To Saudi Teen
Australia gave its strongest hint yet on Wednesday that an 18-year-old Saudi woman in Bangkok would be granted humanitarian asylum, despite efforts by Riyadh and her family to force her return home.
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Australia To "Consider" Saudi Woman's Asylum Plea
Australia said Tuesday it will "carefully consider" the asylum claim of an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled alleged abuse from her family and is now in the care of the UN in Bangkok, after she fended off deportation in a gripping, live-tweeted ordeal.
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Indians, Pakistanis Among 200 Seeking Asylum In Australia After Commonwealth Games
A total of 8,103 athletes, media representatives and officials arrived in Australia on temporary visas for the Gold Coast event which concluded on April 15.
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African Athletes Disappeared At Commonwealth Games. Now They've Surfaced To Seek Asylum
In the middle of the weightlifting competition at the Commonwealth Games in Australia last month, Rwanda's coach, Jean Paul Nsengiyumva, said he had to use the bathroom. He never came back.
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Please Stop Feeding The Kangaroos - Or Risk Getting Mauled, Australian Officials Warn Tourists
A former insane asylum whose grounds - declared a wildlife refuge in 1972 - are now home to a mob of wild kangaroos and is flocked by tourists. However, a rash of reported kangaroo attacks on tourists has prompted several officials, including Australian MP Greg Piper, to call for more visible warnings to be put up at the unofficial attraction.
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Afghan Charged Over Smuggling Asylum-Seekers To Australia
An Afghan man who reportedly made millions of dollars smuggling asylum-seekers to Australia by boat has been extradited from Indonesia and charged with 10 offences, Australian police said on Friday.
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US President Donald Trump Says To Study 'Dumb' Refugee Deal With Australia
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will review a "dumb deal" to take hundreds of Australian asylum seekers after the Washington Post reported he had angrily berated Australia's prime minister and abruptly ended a tense telephone call.
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US To Resettle Australia's Refugees Languishing On Islands
The United States has agreed to resettle an unspecified number of refugees languishing in Pacific island camps in a deal that is expected to inspire more asylum seekers to attempt to reach Australia by boat, officials said on Sunday.
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UN Report Slams Nauru For Failure To Protect Refugee Children
A United Nations report has slammed the tiny-Pacific island nation of Nauru for it's failure to protect asylum seeker children from sexual abuse inside the country's Australian-run detention centre.
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Papua New Guinea, Australia Agree To Close Detention Center
Papua New Guinea and Australia said today they have agreed to close a detention center on Manus Island for asylum seekers but they offered no details on when it will happen or on the fate of the 850 men being held there.
