As part of this work, the UNHCR Regional Representation in Canberra consistently monitors relevant policies and practices in Australia, as a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention. In 2018, ...

Australia's detention centre in Papua New Guinea is due to close on Tuesday Papua New Guinea has said that Australia is solely responsible for refugees who do not want to resettle in PNG when its ...

More than 6,000 such refugees now call Australia home. In and around Nepal's refugee camps where the Thapa family lived, people had begun to plan and dream of a better life in another country.

World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It falls each year on June 20 and celebrates the strength and courage of people who have ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Dozens of refugees who arrived in Australia by boat a decade ago and expected to resettle in the United States have been affected by the Trump Administration's freeze on refugee ...