Immigration

Laws allowing authorities to use ankle bracelets and curfews to monitor 93 people released from immigration detention are now subject to a High Court challenge.

It took just 14 words from Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil for ears to prick up. Innocuous to many, they were shocking to those in the know and again left Labor having to correct the record, writes Brett Worthington. 

The Australian government has granted hundreds of temporary visas to Palestinians in the weeks since Israel began its bombing campaign of Gaza, which has killed thousands of civilians and flattened large swathes of the densely populated strip.

Men who spent years in detention on Manus Island living in the hope of resettlement now face being evicted from their temporary homes.

A document published by the High Court has offered a snapshot of the crimes committed by a cohort in immigration detention now ordered to be released. While some had assaulted children or murdered people, others had no convictions in Australia.

When Shen came to Australia three years ago, she didn't have much swimming experience. Now, she's teaching other migrants in regional New South Wales how to approach the water with confidence.

Hafeez Ullah has not had a single application for the chef jobs he advertised in regional South Australia after the federal government cut skilled migration numbers and the state government cut a stream for migrants to move outside Adelaide.

Bianca went to Hobart Police Station to report she'd been assaulted, assuming officers would protect her. Instead, they took out a family violence order against her — but perhaps she shouldn't have been so surprised.

In Parliament the Government scrambles to deal with fallout from the High Court's decision making indefinite immigration detention unlawful.

The federal government is proposing the use of ankle bracelets and curfews to monitor 84 people released from immigration detention last week, in emergency legislation rushed into Federal Parliament.

The experience of fleeing war and persecution as a child planted a seed for Mariam Veiszadeh. Now she's one of the most prominent social justice advocates in Australia.

The day began with a clear sign the opposition leader was feeling confident: he held his first press conference in Parliament House in more than three months. It ended on a different note, writes David Speers.

The political heat over the High Court's ruling that indefinite immigration detention is unlawful has been growing all week in Parliament.

Peter Dutton says parliament should keep sitting until legislation is passed to address the High Court decision that has led to the release of 83 people from immigration detention, among them criminals.

The Commonwealth and its security contractor, Serco, have settled a three-year legal battle with an asylum seeker over his treatment in Australian immigration detention.

Finland's prime minister says the Russian Border Authority has begun allowing people to the Finnish border without required documentation. 

Immigration Minister Andrew Giles says the Commonwealth had argued against the outcome but is prepared for their releases, with the AFP and Border Force involved in the process.

The High Court has ruled that indefinitely detaining people unable to be deported from Australia is unlawful.

Eighty asylum seekers being held in immigration detention were released almost immediately following last week's High Court ruling that they were being kept unlawfully.

Myanmar nationals who have had their visas knocked back by immigration officials because of the "political and economic situation" in their strife-riven country, say their individual circumstances are not being properly considered.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a new pact with the low-lying island country of Tuvalu, allowing residents facing displacement from climate change the ability to resettle in Australia. 

The federal government will begin releasing people held in indefinite immigration detention after a landmark High Court ruling found it unlawful.

Five women from regional Victoria have taken advantage of a government-funded program to help a Syrian farming family from a Lebanese refugee camp resettle in Australia, and its results have been "quite magical".

A man in immigration detention who had served a prison sentence for child sexual offences re-enters the community, with the government confirming dozens of others who were wrongly detained will soon follow. 

With the Coalition on his right and a High Court ruling and the Greens on his left, Anthony Albanese finds himself in a fraught political position that could prove catastrophic to his government, writes Brett Worthington.