Operation Sovereign Borders
This Report Carefully Explains Why Turning Back Boats Doesn't Work
Spoiler: deterrence policies don't work on people fleeing war.
PNG's Manus Island Detention Centre Has Just Been Ruled Illegal
Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has ruled the offshore detention centre violates the country's constitution. The Turnbull Government has been requested to end the indefinite detention of all men in the centre.
We Talked Refugees with Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young in Cambodia
We followed the Greens Senator around a Phnom Penh slum, where she looked at the conditions awaiting Nauru's refugees.
Australia Dumps Its Refugees on Cambodia
Five detainees on the South Pacific island of Nauru have stitched their lips together in response to the arrangement signed last Friday for Australia to palm off unwanted refugees to Cambodia in exchange for $35 million in aid.
Dispatch from the Public Hearing Into Children in Australia’s Detention Centres
We watched Scott Morrison get grilled under oath.
The Secrecy Over 157 Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers Is Dehumanising And Irresponsible
Disinformation and labels such as 'illegals' and 'queue jumpers' forms a barrier to empathy and stops Australians from seeing asylum seekers as actual people.
After Four Weeks at Sea 157 Asylum Seekers Have Landed In Australia
The group, who are being held at Western Australia’s Curtin detention centre, are the first boat people to arrive in the country for six months.
Australian Border Protection has a Serious Sounding New Name
As of July next year Australia’s Customs and Immigration border protection operations will be merged into a single agency with a name that sounds like the title of a bad action movie.
The Consequences Of Being Too Good At Border Control
Here aboard the Hate Boat we investigate this week’s asylum seeker news, all of which points to increasing levels of desperation from all sides.
100 Days Of Successful Asylum Seeker Policy—Kind Of
Hasn’t it just flown by? Well unless you’re in detention that is.
Australia Is Invading Indonesian Waters to Turn Back Asylum Seekers
Australian government officials are apologizing for entering Indonesian waters in their effort to forcibly remove boats carrying asylum seekers. This has raised the tension levels between Australia and Indonesia, a rising economic power in the region...