
First person arrives on Nauru triggering Australia’s $2.5bn deal with island nation
Deal between federal government and Nauru expected to last 30 years and apply to around 350 people released under high court’s NZYQ ruling
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Deal between federal government and Nauru expected to last 30 years and apply to around 350 people released under high court’s NZYQ ruling

Chief statistician David Gruen says bureau did not censor anyone and is ‘trying to take the side of truth’ after misuse of overseas arrivals figures

The Australian government is spending millions of dollars a year to house asylum seekers, yet many say they can not afford food and are forced to skip mealsGet our

Since new rules for the Active Investor Plus visa came into effect in April, applicant numbers have almost tripledWealthy investors from the US, China and Hong Kong are the leaders in applic...

Two candidates have emerged as favourites to lead Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, ahead of the party vote next weekThe next leader of Japa...

Ten years after Angela Merkel declared ‘We can do this’ at the height of the 2015 migration into Europe, Syrian refugee Somar Kreker looks back at his 44-day odysseyThe trip would be tough, ...

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson joins gathering in Canberra while far-right figure speaks outside state parliament in Melbourne

‘Citizen patrols’ and self-styled protective forces are fuelling social fears and the far right, say expertsSporting black shirts emblazoned with an iron cross, a dozen or so men marched thr...

Coastguard reports boat carrying about 160 people capsized in sight of town 50 miles north of NouakchottSixty-nine people drowned when a vessel full of migrants overturned off the coast of M...

Tighter family reunification laws are causing long separations, traumatising children, and can push people towards traffickers, campaigners sayStanding outside Germany’s parliament in June, ...

Yvette Cooper wants guidance to change after row over claims police ‘covered up’ status of two men on charges relating to an alleged rapeAnti-racism campaigners have criticised proposals to ...

Shadow housing minister tells Guardian Australia it was a mistake not to put forward a homelessness policy before election and criticises Labor for falling behind new home targets