The Australian Home Affairs Department said it has been the government's consistent position that Australia does not exercise ...

The asylum seekers, who came from Iraq ... The woman, accompanied by family members, arrived by boat on Christmas Island in 2013 but was transferred seven months later to Nauru.

Australia does not allow asylum seekers who arrive by boat to settle in the country, instead flying them to the Pacific Island nation of Nauru for assessment of refugee claims, in a process ...

The committee separately evaluated the case of an Iranian asylum seeker who arrived by boat on Christmas Island with several family members in August 2013 and was transferred seven months later to ...

Gillian Triggs says a “politically fraught” inquiry into children in detention was “the right thing to do legally and morally ...