Aussies deport hundreds of Kiwis
A violent criminal being deported to Hastings is one of more than 100 New Zealanders, including prison inmates, kicked out of Australia in the past 18 months because of criminal offending, or their risk of offending. Ref. Source 3
Lifeboats Used To Send Asylum Seekers Back To Indonesia Only Used Once
Local Australia News
The specially bought lifeboats on which Australia is controversially sending asylum seekers back to Indonesia are believed to cost at least $50,000 but are being used just once each.
Source
Abbott: Australia 'sick of being lectured' on migration:
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said the country is "Sick of being lectured" By the UN over its treatment of asylum seekers. It comes after the special rapporteur on torture said some aspects violated the convention against torture. Australia detains all asylum seekers who arrive by boat, holding them in offshore processing camps. Ref. Source 1
Asylum Seekers Attempt Suicide in Australian Detention Center:
Australia's asylum seeker policy has been derided both at home and abroad as ineffective and draconian. The asylum seeker processing center on Manus Island has been engulfed in mass protests by detainees for over a week. Ref. Source 6
Riot at Australian detention camp after refugee's death:
Immigration officers and refugees confirmed on Monday a standoff between detainees and officers at the detention camp on Christmas Island, located more than 2,000km northwest of Perth in the Indian Ocean, after a Kurdish Iranian refugee died there. Ref. Source 8n