The Australian government has agreed to pay detainees on Manus Island more than $70 million (US$52.75 million) in the "largest settlement in a human rights class-action" in the country's history. The ...

Venezuelan military forces drove armoured vehicles and conducted weapons training for civilians in Caracas as tensions with the United States escalated over a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean ...

In light of the continued perilous situation on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island for refugees and asylum seekers abandoned by Australia, UNHCR has called again this week on the Australian government ...

UNHCR is very concerned about the recent developments on Manus Island in which one asylum-seeker reportedly lost his life and several others were reported injured. We are in discussions with the ...

Thank you for the chance to briefly update you on UNHCR observations from our latest mission to Manus Island (Papua New Guinea). What stood out the most from this mission at the time we were there, ...

Iranian asylum seeker and aspiring architect Reza Berati was beaten to death inside the Manus Island detention camp more than two months ago, during what former employees of the detention centre ...

After three days with almost no food, Behrouz Boochani struggles to find the strength to write messages on his phone, but he fears if he doesn't the outrage will fall silent. An refugee from Iran, ...

Australia has long shown disregard for international conventions surrounding refugees. It labels asylum seekers in detention on Manus Island as “transferees”, also frequently referring to those who ...

POLICE have released images of four men they wish to speak to following a Manus Island protest in Sydney last week, where Tony Abbott’s sister had her jacket torn in half. More than 200 protesters ...

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A new policy to take refugees from Central America may be paving the way to solve the refugee problem on Manus Island and Nauru. Turnbull can show leadership in the current talks in New York by ...