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Detainee numbers reach record levels
Created on Tuesday 09 October 2012 Written by Editorial staff
The federal government's offshore processing solution, which was introduced in mid-August has copped a blow after News Limited reports that more and more asylum seekers are arriving on Australia's shores.
The number of people in detention across the country has topped 8,700 people with another boat load of 101 asylum seekers arriving in the last 24 hours without any immigration visa or form of identification.
The Australian reports that Christmas Island has become so full that families have been placed in camps typically reserved for adult males.
Shadow minister for immigration Scott Morrison told the publication that the government's solution has simply failed and there is no foreseeable solution whilst Labor is in government.
"With more than 2,200 people ...
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Created on Monday 08 October 2012 Written by Editorial staff
The shadow minister for immigration and citizenship has hit out at rulings from the High Court which seeks to overrule a decision by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to deny asylum ...
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Created on Friday 05 October 2012 Written by Editorial staff
The Senate's legal and constitutional affairs committee has come down hard against the federal government and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship after its report found that those in charge ...
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Created on Thursday 04 October 2012 Written by Editorial staff
Immigration and citizenship minister Chris Bowen has come under fire from his opposition counterpart, Scott Morrison, who claims that not enough asylum seekers are being sent to the recently reopened ...
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Created on Wednesday 03 October 2012 Written by Editorial staff
Australia is embarking on a campaign to attract more foreign investment as the mining boom begins to slow, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. An Indian family, ranked in the top 80 for the world's ...
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Created on Tuesday 02 October 2012 Written by Editorial staff
Australia's population has grown off the back of a net increase in migration of 22 per cent in the March quarter-the highest rise in over two years. However fewer and fewer immigrants are taking up ...
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