Social Justice
The Governments Migration Amendment Bill passed through the Senate today by four votes. The passing of the bill means asylum...
Refugees are in the spotlight again, as parliament debates today whether they should pay for their time in detention. In...
86 children, of whom 59 are unaccompanied minors, are still being held in detention on Christmas Island, according to Amnesty...
Seventeen former terrorism suspects from Guantanamo Bay could be resettled in Australia as asylum seekers. The Australian government is reviewing...
The future of Christmas Island as an off shore detention centre could be under threat, as the tiny island struggles...
Politics & Economy
Almost one-hundred-and-sixty asylum seekers have been intercepted in Australian waters this week. These detainees are being processed at offshore detention...
An interesting dilemma has developed following President Obama’s pledge to close Guantánamo Bay. What should happen to the prisoners who...
‘The Bitter Shore’ is a book by a human rights lawyer and ex-journalist telling the story of an Iranian family’s...
A Senate committee is currently touring Australia looking at detentiion centres and evaluating whether they should be replaced with something...
Last Friday The Wire spoke to Margaret Bell from Medicins sans Frontier about their ‘Refugee Camp in your City’ program...
