A review of 27 studies on migrant women's experiences of maternity care in Australia published by the University of Melbourne in 2022 showed many struggled to access interpreters, experienced hostile treatment and did not feel able to give informed consent.
Australia settles with family of refugee Reza Barati, murdered on Manus Island in 2014. By Ben Doherty, The Guardian
“While there is nothing that will bring our Reza back or lessen the pain of his loss, we are glad that this case is over. We are satisfied that we fought for justice for Reza and are relieved now that we can try to move on with our lives.”
Asylum seekers left living in poverty as government payments dry up. By Maryanne Taouk, ABC
Kindness keeps Ali* fed each night.
His upstairs neighbour cooks dinner for the 33-year-old, who fled the so-called Islamic State more than a decade ago. Without it, he would not eat.
Asylum seekers left living in poverty as government payments dry up. By Maryanne Taouk, ABC
Business lobby rejects Coalition’s ‘disingenuous’ claims Labor pursuing big Australia policy. By Paul Karp, The Guardian
The BCA chief executive, Jennifer Westacott, said “two-thirds of Australians believe that properly planned and well-managed migration is beneficial to the nation”.
“However, there is a current misconception that our migration figures are higher than normal,” she said.
“It is important to recognise migration numbers currently recorded simply reflect a rebalancing after the pandemic border closures in 2020 and 2021.
“Our population is actually expected to be smaller than previously forecast irrespective of the current catch-up period of migration.”
Australia's humanitarian intake will rise to 10-year high, but still short of Labor's pledge. SBS News
Australia is raising its annual humanitarian program intake from 17,875 to 20,000 people.
"With more people displaced worldwide than ever before, the Albanese Labor government is stepping up to play its part in the global resettlement effort in a responsible way," Immigration Minister Andrew Giles said.
Amar is driving from Sydney to Darwin to engage diverse communities with the Yes campaign. By James McManagan, ABC News
Mr Singh says that a shared collective experience between Australian migrants helps communicate the significance of the referendum.
"Most migrants have seen the struggle themselves — they've landed here with a suitcase and understand that it's a time to appreciate our First Nations people, whose land we are on," he says.
The refugees left, but the millions kept coming for Nauru contractor. By Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie, SMH
Australian company Canstruct was paid more than $300 million by the federal government to care for refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru last financial year, even as the number of people on the island dwindled to a few dozen and a diminishing number of services were being delivered to them.
The $1.82 billion paid to Canstruct over five years for the Nauru contract added significantly to the wealth of Queensland’s Murphy family, who were also Liberal National Party donors. Their family-owned company, Canstruct International, posted profits of $127 million after tax in 2021-22 bringing total profits to more than $442 million up to the contract’s conclusion in late 2022.
There's a floating 'recipe for disaster' off England's coast — it has links to Australia. By Riley Stuart, ABC News
As Australia's immigration policies have been criticised — in 2019, then-United Nations commissioner for human rights Michelle Bachelet described the debate Down Under as "weaponised by misinformation" — countries like the UK are using them as a blueprint.
Asylum seekers left living in poverty as government payments dry up. By Maryanne Taouk, ABC News
Aid agencies are expecting more than 5,000 refugees and asylum seekers to be left with nothing in the coming months, as a result of a years-long "chipping away" of the federal government's Status Resolution Support Services (SRSS) payment.
Asylum seekers left living in poverty as government payments dry up. By Maryanne Taouk, ABC News
Omar came to Australia as a refugee. Now he's helping police better engage with Middle Eastern newcomers. By Saleem Al- Fahad, SBS Arabic24
"I attended a meeting organised by the district to discuss the police's communication with multicultural communities in Hume," Mr Ponsot says.
In that session, he says the region's police chiefs presented their accomplishments in working with communities, but they also spoke about some of the difficulties the police face. In particular, recruiting young Arabic people to the force, he says.
After listening to the police concerns, Mr Ponsot says he presented a potential strategy as to how the police could cut through the difficulties of working with multicultural communities.
Australia's migration system 'discriminatory' for people with disabilities. By By Soofia Tariq & Finn McHugh, SBS News
The Greens will push for all people with disabilities to gain an Australian visa and prevent deportation in Federal Parliament. Currently the Migration Act limits people with disabilities from getting a visa as they do not meet health requirements.
Opinion: The world must unite now to halt the Taliban’s repression of Afghan women and girls. By Gordon Brown, The Guardian
Two years of ever-intensifying repression since the Taliban seized power in August 2021 have not dimmed the resilience of girls and women in Afghanistan, who continue to risk their lives fighting for their right to an education and employment.
UK begins housing asylum seekers on barge in Dorset. ABC News video 2:14 mins
Asylum seekers are being housed on barges, under the UK's newest plan to cut refugee costs in the country.
Australian travel firm Corporate Travel Management (CTM) have been put in charge of this arrangement using a barge as UK’s first offshore accommodation for asylum seekers.
UK begins housing asylum seekers on barge in Dorset. ABC News video 2:14 mins
The police came to set the record straight, but we all ended up confused. By Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie, SMH
But the entire time the Australian Federal Police were pursuing him for the phosphate crimes, Bhojani was doing lucrative business with a separate part of the Home Affairs department – offshore processing.
Juliet wants to help the regional doctor shortage, but can't afford university as a temporary resident. By Sophie Landau, ABC News
She wants to become a doctor, to help ease the urgent demand for more health workers in her regional area. But Juliet says she can't afford uni because she will face international student fees, despite calling Australia home for the past eight years.
She's one of the more than 12,000 "permanently temporary" migrants in the country.
The police came to set the record straight, but we all ended up confused. By Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie, The Age
Why is all this important? Because not only have these contracts meant potentially millions of Australian taxpayer dollars has been wasted, but Home Affairs rewarded the corrupt in the tiny nation of Nauru whose people can ill afford it.
It’s time to abandon the Home Affairs experiment. By Paddy Gourley, Inside Story
Labor’s changes to the controversial Home Affairs portfolio don’t go anywhere near far enough.
It’s time to abandon the Home Affairs experiment. By Paddy Gourley, Inside Story
'Moz' will appeal court's decision that his 14 months of hotel detention were legal. SBS News
Mostafa "Moz" Azimitabar will appeal a ruling that found hotel detention for refugees lacked 'human decency' but was legal.
A date is yet to be set for the appeal hearing but it likely won't be before February next year.
'Moz' will appeal court's decision that his 14 months of hotel detention were legal. SBS News
FIFA won't recognise them. So this team can only watch on during the Women's World Cup. By Tys Occhiuzzi, SBS News
Football's world governing body FIFA has resisted calls to recognise the Afghan women's football team living in exile in Australia, forced to watch the Women's World Cup from the sidelines.
In the absence of recognition from FIFA came solidarity from ministers and dignitaries in Australia, including Penny Wong.
"We will continue to work with others, as I say to shape the world for the better, that's what we'll try and do, and it was a real privilege to meet with these young women and listen to some of their stories and I hope that we can keep engaging with them."
Egyptian refugee Sayed Abdellatif cleared as security threat by Asio, but still detained after 11 years. By Sarah Malik, The Guardian
Sayed Abdellatif arrived in Australia by boat in 2012, seeking asylum with his wife and children. Australia has recognised he has a well-founded fear of being persecuted and cannot be forced to return to his home country. But he has been denied a visa on the basis of tainted security assessments and held in immigration detention.
Note: this article includes a photo of the Grandmothers for Refugees.