Asylum seekers
- Editorial
- Refugees
Time for government to lift its game on Iranian refugees
Of the many dark chapters in Australia’s recent migration policy history, two rare good moments can serve as a guide for the future.
- The Herald's View
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- Investigation
- Middle East at war
Iranian soccer players got asylum overnight. These refugees reveal a very different story
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke’s intervention was swift and decisive. But it was bittersweet for other refugees trapped in a system described as cruel and unfair.
- Bevan Shields
How a Trump post sparked a wave of misinformation about Australia
The twists and turns in the tale of the Iranian women’s team in Australia this week came with a deluge of social media misinformation amplified by the usual suspects.
- Michael Koziol
Top Iranian diplomat defected, received asylum in secret escape
Iran’s second most senior diplomat in Australia defected from the hardline regime and received asylum in Australia three years ago, a fact that has stayed secret until now.
- Brittany Busch and Matthew Knott
- Opinion
- Opinion
The Iranian soccer team is a feel-good story that perfectly suits Trump
The thought of turning those women away was, rightly, intolerable. Meanwhile, Trump has sent at least three planes of Iranians back to Iran, several who were pleading for their lives.
- Waleed Aly
- Analysis
- Middle East at war
Eighty-six years before the Iranian women’s team, footballers from the Middle East sought asylum in Australia
War, as the Iranian women have had impressed upon them, brings desperately fraught times far from home for all manner of performers.
- Tony Wright
- Opinion
- Iran soccer
Iran’s brave players have stood tall. Now Australia must stand with them
Both Australia and the Asian Football Confederation are being tested, not just on the pitch, but on whether they will protect the basic rights of athletes who have already shown immense courage.
- Daniel Ghezelbash and Mary Anne Kenny
Australian sales furore turns spotlight on UK asylum hotels
The British government is investigating its contracts with an Australian travel company that helps manage thousands of asylum seekers.
- David Crowe
Mojgan, the Brisbane asylum seeker whose fight made headlines, free with permanent visa
In 2015, the Brisbane high school student was forcefully removed to a Darwin immigration centre, and she has remained in limbo on a six-monthly bridging visa. Finally, that has changed.
- Felicity Caldwell
- Updated
- Political leadership
Wong, Burke admit to secret meetings with Nauru president
Wong’s office said she “raised recent media reports” with Nauru President David Adeang on Monday, but not until after he was photographed entering Parliament House on Tuesday.
- Brittany Busch, James Massola and Nick McKenzie