A historian of migrant detention responds to questions from Bolts readers on the vast network of local lockups that jail ...

A sign at the entrance to a refugee detention center in Melbourne, where asylum seekers were held ... [+] before being sent to Nauru and Manus, in February 2016. (Photo by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake ...

In Japan, which has very strict criteria for recognizing refugees, even asylum seekers ... a male detainee in a detention center in Nagasaki Prefecture died from starvation after he refused ...

He was being held in immigration detention, despite Ajak’s family having fled South Sudan more than two decades ago and having refugee status. In 2016, Ajak’s son was sentenced to nine months ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned at the passage of sweeping new laws by the Australian Parliament late last week which will allow for the transfer of people – including refugees, ...

The potential release and financial compensation of asylum seekers could pose a significant challenge for the government's ...