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Australia-Origin Families Of ISIS Fighters To Be Rescued From Syria
Canberra is set to rescue dozens of Australian women and children of Islamic State fighters from refugee camps in Syria, following a secret mission by the country's security intelligence agency, media reported on Monday.
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Behrouz Boochani: Refugee Who Wrote Book Using WhatsApp Wins Top Prize
A refugee held in a remote Pacific detention centre has won Australia's top literature prize with his debut book, which he wrote on his mobile phone and delivered one chapter at a time via WhatsApp.
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Australian PM Says Not Sure How Many Refugees US Will Accept
Australia's prime minister on Wednesday would not say how many refugees from Pacific island camps would be resettled in the United States after President Donald Trump's administration said "extreme vetting" would be used to check their cases.
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Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull Says Donald Trump Agrees To Accept Refugees
President Donald Trump had agreed to keep an Obama administration promise to resettle refugees languishing in Pacific island camps despite the U.S. toughening its stance on Muslim immigration, the Australian prime minister said Monday.
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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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Australians Rally in Support of Detained Asylum Seekers
Thousands of Australians today joined rallies calling for the closure of Pacific island camps for asylum-seekers, just days after the government confirmed it was in talks with the Philippines to resettle detained refugees.
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Australia to Take More Syrian Refugees, Wants 'Security Response'
Australia will accept more refugees from camps bordering Syria and Iraq and "is open" to providing more financial assistance, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Sunday, while adding that a "strong security response" was needed for the region.
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Australia Says Iran Should Take Back Failed Asylum-Seekers
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said today that Iran should take back its citizens who failed in their bids for refugee status, confirming his government will lobby Tehran on the issue.
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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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Australia-Origin Families Of ISIS Fighters To Be Rescued From Syria
Canberra is set to rescue dozens of Australian women and children of Islamic State fighters from refugee camps in Syria, following a secret mission by the country's security intelligence agency, media reported on Monday.
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Behrouz Boochani: Refugee Who Wrote Book Using WhatsApp Wins Top Prize
A refugee held in a remote Pacific detention centre has won Australia's top literature prize with his debut book, which he wrote on his mobile phone and delivered one chapter at a time via WhatsApp.
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Australian PM Says Not Sure How Many Refugees US Will Accept
Australia's prime minister on Wednesday would not say how many refugees from Pacific island camps would be resettled in the United States after President Donald Trump's administration said "extreme vetting" would be used to check their cases.
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Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull Says Donald Trump Agrees To Accept Refugees
President Donald Trump had agreed to keep an Obama administration promise to resettle refugees languishing in Pacific island camps despite the U.S. toughening its stance on Muslim immigration, the Australian prime minister said Monday.
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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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Australians Rally in Support of Detained Asylum Seekers
Thousands of Australians today joined rallies calling for the closure of Pacific island camps for asylum-seekers, just days after the government confirmed it was in talks with the Philippines to resettle detained refugees.
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Australia to Take More Syrian Refugees, Wants 'Security Response'
Australia will accept more refugees from camps bordering Syria and Iraq and "is open" to providing more financial assistance, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Sunday, while adding that a "strong security response" was needed for the region.
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Australia Says Iran Should Take Back Failed Asylum-Seekers
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said today that Iran should take back its citizens who failed in their bids for refugee status, confirming his government will lobby Tehran on the issue.
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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.
