Asylum Seekers

Refugees with temporary visas to settle in Nauru say they are losing faith in both the local government and Australia's to help them build a meaningful life on the island. Audio

An ethicist is warning that the Australian Government's immigration policy and treatment of asylum seekers is putting the country's global reputation at risk. Audio

The Australian government is looking to more Pacific Island nations for help to "shoulder the burden" of the country's asylum seeker issue. This comes amid ongoing problems at the existing asylum… Audio

A former Salvation Army worker who provided welfare services at the Australian-run asylum seeker detention centre on Nauru says the situation of hopelessness at the camp was so bad he had to speak… Audio

To focus attention on what he called "one of the central moral issues of our time", prolific Australian author Thomas Keneally last year edited and contributed to A Country Too Far - Writings on… Audio

Amnesty International says the slow processing of asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island seems deliberately designed to pressure detainees to return to countries from where they have fled.

Amnesty International in Australia says it has extreme fears for the mental health of the inmates of the asylum seeker camps in PNG and Nauru. Audio

After a court decision in Nauru ruled asylum seekers could be detained until processed, human rights groups say they could self-harm. Audio

The human rights lawyer representing a group of 12 asylum seekers on Nauru says they may self harm as others have done, after losing a court application seeking an end to their detention. Audio

Amnesty International says Australia is among governments world-wide accused of showing more interest in protecting their national borders than the rights of those seeking refuge. Audio