Immigration Policy

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has spent years fighting to send asylum seekers to an offshore detention facility. Not only has the plan failed, it's likely to help sweep his government out of office.

An Australian resident of more than four decades is deported to the United Kingdom after his visa was cancelled due to a drug conviction, with a last-minute appeal rejected by the Federal Court.

Afghan refugee Mohammad Rezayi fled his home, saying goodbye to his wife and four young children with the hope of sending them when he got to Australia. That was 12 years ago.

Jubin Raju loves studying in Australia but the government plans to put a cap on international students like him and that is not good news for struggling regional universities.

If you're on social media, you might have come across a couple of viral videos this week, neither of which casts the US president in a flattering light. It's prompted the White House to fight back. 

An Iranian man accused of murdering another immigration detainee at the Yongah Hill detention centre, north of Perth, has the charge dropped because of the death of a key witness.

Timor-Leste national Nina Goncalve is happy with her job picking strawberries, but visas are a challenge. A new employment initiative for migrant workers might be just what she and this WA community need.

As tensions simmer in Canberra over serious criminals keeping their Australian visas, figures show the tribunal that reviews those cases has been increasingly overturning cancellations for years in cases where someone's character is being questioned.

Mr Giles says his new directive will make it "clearer" that non-citizens with a history of family or sexual violence should be deported.

The family live in Wagga Wagga with their 14-month-old son but are still waiting for a partner visa to be approved. 

The first Pacific Engagement Visas will be granted in late 2024. Experts and community leaders welcome the scheme, but say the government needs to manage it carefully.

Greens senator David Shoebridge says Labor's proposed migration legislation would allow the government to impose a "Trump-style travel ban". RMIT ABC Fact Check takes a look.

Immigration is a hot issue in the UK and US election campaigns as arrivals surge and voters face cost-of-living pressure. But reducing migrant numbers has economic consequences too.

Two political hotspots are whipping up Australians' anti-immigrant sentiment: the housing crisis, and the crimes allegedly committed by non-citizens released from detention last year. Yet neither crisis is truly caused by immigration.

The federal government says it is using drones to track where former immigration detainees are living as part of a monitoring program that also includes electronic bracelets.

Despite moving to Australia as a child and raising his whole family here, a criminal conviction over methamphetamine means Stephen is facing deportation to a country where he has no ties.

For those who choose to live in student housing, rents for a single room can often be more than the price of a whole apartment, with some international students saying the prices are "insane".

It was a direction meant to bring a "common sense" approach to appeals by non-citizen criminals who have their visas cancelled. Instead, "direction 99" caused a furore after it was used to reinstate the visa of a man who now stands accused of murder. Here's what it's about.

Andrew Giles is facing immense pressure over the decision known as Direction 99, but he shows no signs of going anywhere. This mess can be traced back to a meeting of two prime ministers looking to repair a broken relationship.

The Home Affairs Ministers says Andrew Giles is a "good minister" and has intervened at the right time over visa cancellations.

Facing pressure after his ministerial direction played a part in alleged murderer Emmanuel Saki's visa being reinstated, the immigration minister tears up the Sudanese man's visa.

The federal government's approach to character-based deportation comes under scrutiny after it emerges that several serious offenders, who would have ordinarily been deported under longstanding deportation practices, have instead been allowed to stay.

Angus Taylor was repeatedly questioned at his National Press Club speech about an apparent difference between Peter Dutton and his immigration numbers.

It's one thing to have an opinion when faced with a hypothetical. It's a completely different matter when that hypothetical becomes a reality, as is about to become the case in the communities Peter Dutton wants nuclear power plants built in.

Mayors in south-east Queensland say they need a slowing of migration as well as an increase in funding for public transport.