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Australian Minister Peter Dutton Accuses Asylum-Seekers Of Sex Assault Lies
Asylum-seekers are faking sexual assault claims in a bid to seek refugee status in Australia, the immigration minister said today, after leaked reports detailed abuse allegations at a Nauru detention camp.
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Controversial Minister To Become Australia's Rights Envoy
The former Australian immigration minister who began the widely condemned policy of sending asylum seekers to Pacific island detention camps will become Australia's first special envoy for human rights, the government said today.
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5 Wounded as Riots at Australian Asylum Camp Cause 'Severe' Damage
Australian authorities have regained control of a controversial immigration detention centre, officials said today, after the death of an asylum seeker sparked rioting that led to at least five injuries and widespread damage.
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Protesters Target Australian Immigration Camp Operator Meeting
The company running Australia's offshore immigration detention camps rejected on Wednesday suggestions its staff were involved in rights abuses on isolated Pacific islands as the United Nations stepped up criticism of the facilities.
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Australian Refugee Camp Protest Over, but Not Tensions
A protest involving hundreds of asylum seekers at an Australian immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea, some of whom had sewn their lips shut in protest, has ended without serious violence, authorities in both countries said today.
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One dead, 77 hurt in riot at Australian immigration detention centre
One person was killed and 77 injured during a second night of rioting at an Australian immigration detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island, officials said on Tuesday.
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Indian student allegedly commits suicide in Australian immigration detention centre
A 27-year-old Indian student, who had overstayed his visa in Australia, died at an immigration detention centre in Melbourne allegedly by hanging himself.
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Indian student wrongly detained, to get 600,000 Oz dollars
An Indian student, who was detained in 2004, by Australian immigration authorities for violating visa rules, is likely to get a whopping compensation of 600,000 Australian dollars after the country's human rights body termed his detention as 'arbitrary'.
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Riot in detention centre on Australian island
More than 200 rioters torched buildings and tried to escape a crowded Australian offshore detention centre in an escalation of protests to gain asylum in the country, officials said on Friday.More than 100 police firing non-lethal so-called bean bag rounds and tear gas canisters regained control over the detention centre on Christmas Island after t...
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Australian Minister Peter Dutton Accuses Asylum-Seekers Of Sex Assault Lies
Asylum-seekers are faking sexual assault claims in a bid to seek refugee status in Australia, the immigration minister said today, after leaked reports detailed abuse allegations at a Nauru detention camp.
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Controversial Minister To Become Australia's Rights Envoy
The former Australian immigration minister who began the widely condemned policy of sending asylum seekers to Pacific island detention camps will become Australia's first special envoy for human rights, the government said today.
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5 Wounded as Riots at Australian Asylum Camp Cause 'Severe' Damage
Australian authorities have regained control of a controversial immigration detention centre, officials said today, after the death of an asylum seeker sparked rioting that led to at least five injuries and widespread damage.
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Protesters Target Australian Immigration Camp Operator Meeting
The company running Australia's offshore immigration detention camps rejected on Wednesday suggestions its staff were involved in rights abuses on isolated Pacific islands as the United Nations stepped up criticism of the facilities.
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Australian Refugee Camp Protest Over, but Not Tensions
A protest involving hundreds of asylum seekers at an Australian immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea, some of whom had sewn their lips shut in protest, has ended without serious violence, authorities in both countries said today.
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One dead, 77 hurt in riot at Australian immigration detention centre
One person was killed and 77 injured during a second night of rioting at an Australian immigration detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island, officials said on Tuesday.
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Indian student allegedly commits suicide in Australian immigration detention centre
A 27-year-old Indian student, who had overstayed his visa in Australia, died at an immigration detention centre in Melbourne allegedly by hanging himself.
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Indian student wrongly detained, to get 600,000 Oz dollars
An Indian student, who was detained in 2004, by Australian immigration authorities for violating visa rules, is likely to get a whopping compensation of 600,000 Australian dollars after the country's human rights body termed his detention as 'arbitrary'.
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Riot in detention centre on Australian island
More than 200 rioters torched buildings and tried to escape a crowded Australian offshore detention centre in an escalation of protests to gain asylum in the country, officials said on Friday.More than 100 police firing non-lethal so-called bean bag rounds and tear gas canisters regained control over the detention centre on Christmas Island after t...
