Refugees

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.

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.

Premature babies have been evacuated from Gaza hospitals and are transferred into Egypt at the Rafah Border crossing.

Nehad Jerada says people love her baked pastries, they are flaky, savoury, and play an important part in educating people about what it means to be Palestinian.

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.

In 1939, Peter Sprinzels was one of more than 600 Czech children rescued by train — or "kindertransports" —  by a London stockbroker named Sir Nicholas Winton.

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

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.

Hamas says it is suspending hostage talks due to Israel's attacks around Al-Shifa Hospital, as the first group of foreigners and injured Palestinians to be evacuated from Gaza after the Rafah border crossing reopened arrive in Egypt.

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.

Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing northern Gaza through a southern corridor opened by the Israeli military. Here are some of their stories.

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. 

Hanaa Elmobayed was one of 19 Australians who made it out of Gaza through the Rafah crossing with Egypt last weekend. But there were many times the mother of five feared she'd never make it back to her family. 

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (URNWA) says there eight refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, according to the Gaza's health ministry, five have been hit.

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has described Gaza as a 'graveyard for children' and repeats calls for an end to the conflict.

Neil Para and his family lived in Australia for more than nine years with no visa and no rights. What's life like now they've been granted permanent residency? 

Pakistan detains and deports Afghans after nationwide searches under a crackdown on undocumented or unregistered foreigners, with aid agencies warning of chaotic and desperate scenes among those returning to Afghanistan.

A new book recounts how an unprecedented grassroots campaign in the town of Biloela saved a refugee family from deportation.

The government has given 1.7 million Afghans it says are living illegally in the country until November 1 to leave voluntarily or be forcibly removed.

Rajabu Mudanzi arrived in Australia as a refugee in 2012 and spoke very little English – he's now fluent and speaks nine other languages. He’s about to start a new career as a Police Liaison Officer to help local police connect with multicultural groups in the Townsville community.

The explosions left large craters in the ground where multi-storey buildings once stood, leaving the Palestinians who live there to dig through rubble looking for their loved ones.

Deniliquin has become sister cities with a Ukrainian agricultural hub, thanks to a passionate plea from a local who urged his council to support the war-ravaged nation.