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Conflict triggers tourist visa, asylum seeker crackdown
10+ hour, 26+ min ago (489+ words) The Middle East conflict has triggered plans to tighten Australia's immigration laws that advocates have labelled "truly appalling". Proposed reforms would give the government the power to stop tourists using their temporary visas to claim asylum, if a change in…...
Labor’s move to stop asylum wave after Iran footballers
17+ hour, 20+ min ago (285+ words) Labor is trying to pass new laws to let the home affairs minister block cohorts of visa holders from coming to Australia if crises erupt in their home countries. The legislation, introduced on Tuesday, came hours after the Albanese government…...
Council complains about asylum hotel court costs
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (464+ words) A council has complained of having to pay the home secretary's legal costs incurred from a High Court case about asylum-seeker accommodation. Epping Forest District Council lost a legal battle in November after it sought to block migrants lodging at…...
‘Open door, open door': Moment immigration officers raid London house to arrest suspected people smugglers
3+ week, 4+ day ago (14+ words) Moment immigration officers barge into London house to arrest suspected people smuggler'Yahoo News Australia...
New travel advice for Aussies ahead of major passport rule change: 'May impact you"
3+ week, 6+ day ago (541+ words) New advice has been issued to Australians ahead of major changes to entry requirements to enter the United Kingdom. In two weeks, dual Australian-UK citizens without the correct documents will face being turned away by border officials or denied boarding…...
Legal challenge looms to ban on Palestinian slogans
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (457+ words) A Palestine supporters group is likely to mount a legal challenge to a state government's Australia-first move to outlaw controversial slogans. The Queensland government is set to introduce legislation banning phrases "from the river to the sea" and "globalise the…...
Deaths were avoidable in deadliest Channel crossing, inquiry finds
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (728+ words) Words by ITV News producer Eva Carroll An inquiry into the deadliest Channel crossing on record has concluded that the loss of life was avoidable. The Cranston Inquiry found systemic failures, missed opportunities, and inadequate resourcing undermined the UK's maritime…...
Inquiry into deadliest Channel crossing on record found deaths ‘avoidable’
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1062+ words) An inquiry into the deadliest Channel crossing on record has said small boat crossings "must end" to prevent further deaths, as it concluded some of the 30 victims could have been saved in the tragedy. The independent probe found that "systemic…...
‘Tyranny’: Bombshell threat after visa axed
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (531+ words) A controversial British-Israeli influencer barred from entering Australia has accused the Albanese government of "tyranny" and warned that it does "not know what they've started". Sammy Yahood was only hours away from boarding a flight from Abu Dhabi to Melbourne…...
Refugee Council: Labour ‘misguided’ on migration
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (92+ words) Refugee Council CEO Enver Solomon has criticised the government's planned reforms to the asylum and immigration system, saying Labour is "misguided" in claiming communities are being torn apart by small boat crossings. He argued divisions stem instead from a failing…...