Refugee news

Refugee News – November 2017

Global

Refugees from across Africa are being bought and sold in modern day slave markets in Libya. Read more.
Sexual predators and human traffickers are targeting Rohingya refugees in camps on the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar. Read more.
Myanmar and Bangladesh have signed an agreement for the return of 300 Rohingya refugees per day. Read more.

At Home

A Sri Lankan asylum seeker has died on Manus Island in an apparent suicide. Read more.
A coalition of human rights groups have presented reports to the United Nations that condemn Australia’s refugee policies. Read more.
Australia has given $30 million to UNICEF to support vulnerable children in Lebanon. Read more.
A man who participated in a people smuggling operation in 2013 has been sentenced to four years in prison. Read more.

Elizabeth Wright
BComn(Griffith), MHumRights(Curtin)

Global

The United States may cut its refugee intake to 45,000, its lowest in decades. Read more.
Rohingya refugees are facing increased hostility in Bangladesh. Read more.
Cameroon has forcibly returned 100,000 Nigerian refugees over the last two years, allegedly to slow the spread of extremism. Read more.

At Home

Twenty two refugees have left Manus Island for the United States. Read more.
The Refugee Review Tribunal has been found to have cut-and-pasted paragraphs in multiple decisions. Read more.

Elizabeth Wright
BComn(Griffith), MHumRights(Curtin)

Global

A new deal between Germany and Egypt is expected to stem the flow of refugees from the Middle East. Read more.
Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders have ceased rescue operations in the Mediterranean due to threats from Libya’s coast guard. Read more.
Hostility towards Syrian refugees is rising in Lebanon. Read more.
Around 9,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have crossed the Bangladeshi border after the army set fire to their villages and killed 96 civilians. Read more.

At Home

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has come under fire for saying that lawyers who provide pro-bono assistance to refugees are “un-Australian.” Read more.
The Attorney-General of Papua New Guinea has said that Australia will not be permitted to leave asylum seekers behind when it closes the Manus Island detention centre. Read more.
Asylum seekers who have been transferred to Australia for medical treatment will no longer receive welfare payments or be allowed to live in government housing. Read more.
A security guard has been fired and charged with assaulting an asylum seeker on Nauru. Read more.

Elizabeth Wright
BComn(Griffith), MHumRights(Curtin)

A new identification scheme in Pakistan will grant legal protections to up to a million undocumented Afghan refugees. Read more.
Italy has warned that it may have to close its ports to refugees if other EU member states do not offer more assistance. Read more.
A far-right group will go to sea to monitor Mediterranean rescue ships, which they claim are colluding with people smuggling rings to bring refugees to Europe. Read more.
The crowded conditions at an Indonesian immigration detention centre have been revealed. Read more.