THE locking up of an Australian resident for more than three years in what is said to be the nation's longest and worst case of wrongful detention has prompted demands for an overhaul of federal laws by the Commonwealth Ombudsman.

THE locking up of an Australian resident for more than three years in the nation's "worst" case of wrongful detention has prompted demands by the Commonwealth Ombudsman for an overhaul of federal laws.

FINGERPRINTS of Australia's immigration detainees will be shared with Britain and Canada as part of a global push to toughen border security and eliminate identity fraud.

There has been a proposal to allow immigration detainees to work while visas are processed, to mixed responses.

THERE are everyday happy families and there are happy families who have done it hard. When you have survived a civil war, seven years of separation where you believed your husband and children were dead, refugee camps and Australian immigration obduracy, the happiness is that much sweeter.