Refugee advocates lashed out at the Abbott Government after news emerged that hundreds of thousands of dollars that had been allocated for the country’s peak refugee body over a four-year period had been slashed. Core funding of $140,000 a year had been…

Asylum seekers being held at Australia’s detention centre on Manus Island were attacked by a group of locals wielding machetes, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Read more at http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/05/29/11/10/asylum-seekers-attacked-on-manus-island#URJi5Devoq1EWC1x.99

Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says the Coalition Government is meeting the obligations of the previous Labor government’s asylum seeker policy by funding Papua New Guinea and Nauru’s legal battles. Read more: https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/23916822/funding-of-png-nauru-legal-costs-honours-labors-asylum-seeker-policy-morrison/

More Victorians are offering practical help to asylum seekers in need. Peter Barrett reports on a grassroots movement that is putting out the welcome mat in the face of unwelcoming government policies. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/ordinary-people-lending-a-hand-20140526-38z3w.html#ixzz32yBOI3kG

ACMRO said yesterday that the independent report, by Robert Cornall, into events leading to the brutal death of Reza Barati reveals a serious failure on our part to accept full responsibility to protect those who seek refuge on our shores.…

Vietnamese, Lebanese and Chinese are the migrant groups most likely to be out of work, according to new Employment Department data. Vietnamese and Lebanese newcomers to Australia have the highest unemployment rate at just less than 9 per cent. Chinese…

The right-wing, Eurosceptic and anti-immigration party UKIP has topped European Parliament polling in Britain – raising questions about the future of the nation’s migration policy and ultimately its membership of the European Union. UKIP leader Nigel Farage claims to have…

A SALVATION Army employee and PNG security guards paid by the Australian taxpayer killed an asylum seeker by bashing him with a stick, kicking him and caving his head in with a rock, a ­review has found. Read more: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/review-finds-asylum-seeker-reza-berati-killed-on-manus-island-by-salvation-army-officer-and-png-security-guards/story-fni6ulvf-1226932356054

Australia’s Opposition Labor Party has reaffirmed support for the government’s policy of offshore processing of asylum seekers. Read more: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/australias-opposition-reaffirms-backing-for-offshore-detention/1317622

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has signalled that Australia is about to cut a deal with Cambodia to resettle refugees held in Nauru. His comments come after Nauru and Papua New Guinea determined the refugee status of some asylum seekers sent…

THE Coalition will introduce legislation aimed at fast-tracking the refugee claims of asylumseekers in Australia in a bid to clear the backlog of almost 25,000 boat arrivals in legal limbo. As the first refugee decisions are issued to detainees on…

About half the asylum seekers in detention on Manus Island and Nauru are suffering from significant depression, stress or anxiety, according to clinical assessments. Their situation is worse than for those in detention on the mainland and on Christmas Island,…