Immigration And Humanity

The unrelenting position of the Federal Government against asylum seekers who, it says, claim to be Afghans but are not, is well understood. The insistence on knowing the true identity and background of asylum seekers is reasonable, since the immigration system cannot work fairly any other way. Yet, as the case of the Bakhtiari family shows, applying theory to practice is not always easy. The public is utterly confused over the identity and background of Ali Bakhtiari, his wife Roqiah and their five childre

Nauru Says No To Visas For Lawyers

Nauru has refused for the second time to grant visas to Australian human rights lawyers trying to visit asylum seekers on the island.