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13 August 2008
Australia:
Rudd government modifies immigration detention regime
24 January 2008
Australia:
Demands grow for closure of Villawood detention centre
12 October 2007
Australian
government resorts to anti-African witch hunt
14 September 2007
Australian
government to leave Tamil refugees detained on Nauru
4 April 2007
Australian
immigration detainees launch hunger strike
21 March 2007
Australian
government condemns Tamil refugees to years of incarceration
10 January 2007
Australia:
Murdoch media attacks 1976 Lebanese refugee intake
24 October 2006
Australian
Education Minister declares SIEV X history resource is "political
propaganda"
19 October 2006
Five
years since Australia's SIEV X tragedy: the official cover-up
continues
11 August 2006
Australia:
Government MPs defy Howard over refugee law
4 April 2006
Tensions
between Australia and Indonesia over asylum for Papuan activists
6 January 2006
Australia:
Child's death exposes impact of privatisation of refugee services
25 October 2005
Australia:
Damning report on the illegal deportation of Vivian Alvarez
1 October 2005
Elderly
woman becomes another victim of Australian immigration policy
4 August 2005
Callous
maltreatment of refugees in Australian detention centres
20 July 2005
Australian
government exploits "people smuggler" conviction to
continue SIEV X cover-up
27 June 2005
Under
mounting pressure, Australian government modifies refugee detention
7 June 2005
Australia: "People smuggler" trial highlights
cover-up of refugee deaths
SIEV X survivors give evidence
26 May 2005
Australia:
rifts emerge in Howard government over refugee detention
13 May 2005
More
horrors revealed in Australia's immigration detention centres
5 April 2005
Australia:
huge police mobilisation against refugee protest
4 April 2005
A
cynical twist in Australia's mandatory refugee detention regime
9 February 2005
Australian
woman imprisoned for 10 months as an illegal immigrant
31 August 2004
Australia:
Howard government cynically "tweaks" its anti-refugee
policy
24 August 2004
Australia's
highest court sanctions indefinite detention
16 August 2004
Refugees
barred from Australia on hunger strike in Indonesia
24 June 2004
Australian
government dismisses damning report on child detention
11 June 2004
After
years of incarceration, Australian government recognises Afghans
as refugees
26 May 2004
People
smuggler trial raises new questions about Canberra's role in
refugee deaths
26 April 2004
Nauru
deal cements Australia's Pacific incarceration policy
20 February 2004
Australian
government introduces pro-business, regional-based immigration
visas
23 January 2004
Australian
government stops doctors visiting Nauru detention camp
16 January 2004
Alleged "people smuggler" jailed in Egypt
Australian government continues cover-up of refugee deaths
19 December 2003
Desperation
fuels hunger strikes in Australian refugee camps
10 November 2003
Australian
government flouts international law to eject Kurdish refugees
10 November 2003
Revelations
about Australia's former immigration minister
16 October 2003
Australian
officials detain French student of African descent
9 September 2003
Australian
government denounces court for ordering release of refugee children
3 June 2003
Australia:
Staff expose inhuman conditions at Woomera Detention Centre
27 May 2003
Has
the Australian government been lying to Iranian asylum seekers?
15 February 2003
Treatment
of refugees exposes Australian government hypocrisy on Iraq war
11 December 2002
Victim
of police raids hounded from Australia
10 December 2002
Australian
government determined to deport East Timorese refugees
21 October 2002
One year after the SIEV X drownings
Australian police agents involved in sabotage of refugee boats
16 August 2002
The tragedy of SIEV X
Did the Australian government deliberately allow 353 refugees
to drown?
Part 4
15 August 2002
The tragedy of SIEV X
Did the Australian government deliberately allow 353 refugees
to drown?
Part 3
14 August 2002
The tragedy of SIEV X
Did the Australian government deliberately allow 353 refugees
to drown?
Part 2
13 August 2002
The tragedy of SIEV X
Did the Australian government deliberately allow 353 refugees
to drown?
Part 1
5 August 2002
UN
report condemns "inhuman" Australian detention of refugees
30 July 2002
Afghan
boys denied asylum by Britain after escaping from Australian
camp
10 July 2002
Australian
asylum seekers in desperate hunger strike
5 June 2002
Australian
court sentences Iranian seaman on "people smuggling"
charges
3 June 2002
Australian
government deal with Kabul to repatriate Afghan asylum seekers
9 May 2002
Australian
government defends its brutal treatment of refugees
13 April 2002
Growing
protests against Australian refugee detention camps
20 March 2002
Amnesty
International criticises Australia's human rights record on refugees
27 February 2002
Australian
government refuses to transfer refugees from malaria-ridden camp
20 February 2002
Australian
government drops threat to bar UN visit to detention centre
7 February 2002
A first-hand account
Life inside an Australian refugee detention centre
2 February 2002
Last-ditch
deal ends Woomera refugee hunger strike in Australia
29 January 2002
Australia:
Teenagers threaten suicide as refugee hunger strike escalates
26 January 2002
Afghan
refugees stage desperate hunger strike in Australia
4 January 2002
Protests
erupt at Australian refugee detention centre
27 December 2001
Refugees
face "hell" in Australia's offshore detention camps
13 December 2001
Australian High Court rubberstamps Howard government's
treatment of Tampa refugees
11 December 2001
Another
inquiry into Australia's refugee detention centres
10 November 2001
Australian
election: The Howard government's big lie unravels
29 October 2001
Drowned
refugees were victims of Australian policy
24 October 2001
350
refugees drown trying to get to Australia
13 October 2001
Australian
navy opens fire on refugee boat
9 October 2001
Australian
general election: Both parties stoke anti-immigrant prejudice
26 September 2001
Australian
government detains nearly 1,000 refugees offshore
21 September 2001
Australian court overturns ruling against removal
of Tampa refugees
20 September 2001
Escalating
attacks on Muslims and Arabs
in Australia
19 September 2001
Australian
Ombudsman condemns officials over refugee's suicide
13 September 2001
Court
rules that Australian government illegally detained Tampa refugees
7 September 2001
More letters on the Tampa refugee crisis
5 September 2001
Australian government mounts elaborate military operation
to expel Tampa refugees
1 September 2001
Australian government increasingly desperate to remove
Tampa refugees
Letters on the Tampa refugee crisis
31 August 2001
Why the Tampa refugees should be free to live
in Australia
30 August 2001
Australian
SAS troops seize Norwegian freighter to prevent refugees from
landing
28 August 2001
Australian
government turns away 400 refugees stranded at sea
22 August 2001
A
glimpse inside an Australian refugee detention centre
11 August 2001
Australia's refugee detention policy called into question
Borderline: Australia's treatment of refugees and asylum seekers
2 July 2001
Australian
government lashes out against refugee detention report
13 June 2001
Protests
continue in Australian detention centres
31 May 2001
Reports
highlight psychological suffering of detained refugees in Australia
18 April 2001
In the face of growing criticism
Australian government announces even tougher legislation against
asylum seekers
29 March 2001
Reports
reveal systematic abuse in Australia's refugee detention centres
14 February 2001
Australian
government unveils draconian new measures to silence refugee
protests
15 January 2001
Australian
Immigration Minister peddles anti-refugee propaganda in the Middle
East
5 January 2001
Australian
asylum seekers protest death of fellow detainee
29 December 2000
Australian
government refuses to search for missing refugees
20 December 2000
New
evidence of brutality inside Australia's refugee camps
1 December 2000
Nurses expose cover-up
Sexual and physical abuse in Australia's refugee detention camps
4 September 2000
Police
attack asylum seekers with water cannons and tear gas in Australian
prison camp
13 June 2000
Desperate
refugees break out of Australian detention centres
15 May 2000
Refugees
held incommunicado in Australia, then violently deported
6 May 2000
Australian
government dumps refugees in cities without money or basic services
12 April 2000
War refugees treated like criminals Australian government moves to deport Kosovars
16 February 2000
Refugees
resort to hunger strike in remote Australian prison camp
11 December 1999
Australian
government pressures Timor refugees to leave
23 November 1999
Australian
anti-refugee measures flout international law
Asylum-seekers imprisoned in heat and squalor
22 September 1999
Australian
government refuses visas to Liberian youth soccer team
11 September 1999
Australian
government threatens to imprison Timorese refugees
17 August 1999
Australian
authorities bar Deaf Congress delegates from entering the country
12 August 1999
Refugees
mount protests and escapes at remote Australian detention centre
22 July 1999
Refugees feared drowned in Indian Ocean
Australian immigration crackdown claims new victims
21 June 1999
Refugees
risk health and lives to reach Australia
12 May 1999
Chinese
refugee forced to have abortion after deportation from Australia
4 May 1999
Australian
government makes Kosovar refugees as unwelcome as possible
1 May 1999
Australian
government shuts door on aged parents seeking to immigrate
17 April 1999
Australian
High Court upholds denial of appeal rights to refugees
23 March 1999
Aged parents dying while waiting to enter Australia
New rules fast track the wealthy
20 March 1999
Australian authorities yet to respond
More protests against exclusion of Tamil socialist
23 February 1999
Australia:
Immigrant workers tied up with rope
20 February 1999
"A
politically-biased decision": Protests continue against
Australian government's decision to bar Tamil socialist
9 February 1999
MPs and academics join condemnation of Tamil socialist's
exclusion from Australia: "This cannot be ignored as
a minor incident"
Australian government shuts doors to a disabled child:
Father appeals for support
3 February 1999
WSWS interviews barred
Tamil socialist
"My exclusion is a serious attack on the democratic rights
of both Sri Lankan and Australian workers"
27 January 1999
Unions
protest Australian government ban on Tamil socialist
26 January 1999
The
new "White Australia" Policy:
Part Three
Immigration: discrimination by race and wealth
23 January 1999
Australian
authorities silent on exclusion of Tamil socialist
22 January 1999
The
new "White Australia" Policy:
Part Two
Racial bias in refugee policy
20 January 1999
Sri
Lankan newspapers report Australian government exclusion of Tamil
socialist
The new White Australia Policy:
Part One
19 January 1999
International
protests against Australian government exclusion of Tamil socialist
16 January 1999
Australian
aid organisation protests government exclusion of Tamil socialist
15 January 1999
WSWS readers condemn Australian
ban on Tamil socialist
14 January 1999
WSWS calls for protests
against Australian government's exclusion of Tamil socialist
13 January 1999
Australian
SEP demands reversal of ban on Tamil socialist
9 January 1999
WSWS calls for protests
against Australian government's exclusion of Tamil socialist
7 January 1999
Protest
Australian government exclusion of Tamil socialist
6 January 1999
Tamil
socialist barred from visiting Australia
10 December 1998
New
attacks on the democratic rights of refugees
18 August 1998
Outrage
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