Despite Kuol's busy schedule, he and eight other NBL players found time during the off-season to give back to Canberra's basketball community, which Kuol said had given him so much.
The sound of bouncing basketballs echoing across the court filled with children's laughter was a sign of the success of Kuol's community basketball clinic.
"I'm a people person, we have a huge community here, huge Sudanese community, basketball community," Kuol said.
While both Donald Trump Junior and Novak Djokovic were granted visas to enter Australia, the stark difference in how the two cases were managed highlight the difference in approaches of the Albanese and Morrison Governments to controversial visitors.
Donald Trump Junior vs Novak Djokovic: A tale of two visas. By Abul Rizvi, Pearls and Irritations
Ten years on, thousands of people are still in limbo, having endured years of trauma in offshore detention in Papua New Guinea and Nauru, and ongoing uncertainty as they are denied permanent resettlement in Australia. Even though refugees were removed from Nauru in June, they continue to live with the uncertainty of not having permanent residence and a settled future.
July Letter Writing Kit from Australian Refugee Action Network
The Commonwealth Ombudsman also noted in 2018 that Home Affairs has relied on paper records for historical citizenship information, which contributed to unlawful detention cases.
Bradley said the fact that unlawful detention was ongoing demonstrated Home Affairs had not sufficiently invested in technology and management systems, which he said was symptomatic of a departmental culture that did not prioritise the wellbeing of detainees.
“It’s a department that became progressively more adversarial in outlook and approach to the people who fall under its control,” he said.
The size of Australia’s Refugee and Humanitarian Program is usually announced as part of the federal budget each year but despite coming to power with a commitment to almost double it over time, the Labor government is yet to come up with a number for the 2023-24 financial year.
This interactive map documents hotels known to be used for immigration detention across Australia, creating the first coast-to-coast visualisation of a practice that has operated largely in the shadows for two decades.
Australia first introduced Alternative Places of Detention (APODs) 20 years ago. Since then, hotels – including both major chains and independent operators – have been used as places of detention, including for people who have sought asylum. Yet, there is no publicly available list of APODs in current or previous use.
Tensions came to a head this week when Rutte demanded support for a proposal to limit the entrance of children of war refugees who are already in the Netherlands and to make families wait at least two years before they can be united.
This latest proposal went too far for the small Christian Union and liberal D66, causing a stalemate.
Dutch government collapses over immigration policy. SMH by Bart H. Meijer and Anthony Deutsch
[My finding of the legality of the decision] should not, however, be understood as my approving the immigration detention the applicant was required to endure," he said in his decision.
"I can only wonder at the lack of thought, indeed the lack of care and humanity in detaining a person with psychiatric and psychological problems in a hotel for 14 months.
Lacking 'human decency' but legal, judge rules in refugee hotel detention case, SBS By Biwa Kwan
The Federal Court has ruled that a refugee held in immigration detention in Melbourne hotels was not detained unlawfully. Mostafa 'Moz' Azimitabar was held in immigration detention in two Melbourne hotels for 15 months... before being released in January 2021.
Federal Court rules indefinite hotel detention legal. By Ryma Tchier, ABC News
Detainees at Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre escaped from a burning building by jumping out of windows on Thursday morning, with 18 people treated for smoke inhalation.
I brought proceedings against the Australian government to challenge the legality of hotel detention. If I win this case, it will have significant ramifications and not just for other people who have been held in hotel detention.
The language Ezidi is not recognised by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI), which trains and accredits translators in more than 180 languages.
The ABC has spoken to several members of Armidale's Ezidi community, who all said an absence of interpreters trained specifically in their language made visits to the hospital or local GP a highly stressful experience.
Much of the debate around stopping the boats and even locking children up in detention centres has been around what is in the "best interests" of kids and their families. Dr Jordana Silverstein argues this approach has resonances with settler-colonial attitudes to Indigenous people and to any who come to our shores seeking succour from non-white countries.
Guest: Dr Jordana Silverstein, Senior Research Fellow at the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at the University of Melbourne.
Despite quietly shifting away from offshore processing, Australia recently signed a A$422m contract with a US prison company to oversee Nauru until at least 2025.
"The enduring capability ensures regional processing arrangements remain ready to receive and process any new unauthorised maritime arrivals, future-proofing Australia's response to maritime people smuggling," a spokesperson for the Department of Home Affairs said.
Nauru: Why Australia is funding an empty detention centre. By Hannah Ritchie, BBC News Sydney
An asylum seeker who was detained on Nauru for a decade says the hardest part about life in detention was feeling unheard and invisible.
Despite being brought to the Australian mainland, he has no pathway to a permanent visa.
Nazim was detained on Nauru for over ten years. He says he's lost everything. AAP, SBS News
The trauma and torture of Australian border violence and its offshore detention centre has never left me, even though it’s been four years since I left Nauru and came to the US to start my new life here.
The UK government's plan to resettle asylum seekers in Rwanda has been deemed unlawful, after advocates challenged the policy in the courts.
It's hoped a new federal government pilot program to help improve digital literacy for migrant refugee women will break down barriers for those settling in Australia. Research suggests almost one in four people in Australia are left out.
Breaking down barriers for migrant women in the digital world. SBS TV News (2 mins)
The last refugee has now been evacuated from Nauru. Yet the Australian-run detention centre remains ‘ready to receive and process’ any new unauthorised maritime arrivals at an annual cost of $350m.
Guardian Australia chief political correspondent Paul Karp and reporter Eden Gillespie tell Jane Lee about what refugees and asylum seekers detained for more than a decade make of the decision, and what it means for Australia’s deterrence policy.
A group that assists refugees in securing employment will get a financial boost of $1.5 million.
Boost for refugees looking for work, Labor defends visa cost increase. By Finn McHugh, SBS News
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