Australia Immigration News

Power to grant protection or asylum still lies in Australian government's hands March 10, 2014

Asylum Seekers Immigration Australia - Visareporter News

The government of Australia is facing a series of court cases following the accidental declaration on the web, of the personal details of nearly 10,000 asylum seekers last month.DIPB (The Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection) has confessed that the information leakage pertaining to the...

Some asylum seeker detainees to file for claims in courts March 08, 2014

Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAPNews reports state that in mainland Australia, a number of asylum seekers have lodged court appeals following the unintended disclosure/publication of almost 10,000 asylum seekers’ personal details. The disclosure was through the accidental publication of personal...

Australia to allow Ukrainians grant of extension of stay on their visas March 05, 2014

As the standoff between Ukraine and Russia seems to escalate further, Australia has said that it will allow those visitors from Ukraine who are in Australia to stay back until the conflict-like situation calms down there. This was an official announcement made by Australia and was considered necessary...

Australia's DIBP issues new travel advice to visitors March 04, 2014

New travel advice has been issued by the Immigration Department of Australia to the people who are planning a visit to the country on a working holiday visa.The travel advice suggests the people to be sure of carrying their travel insurance with them before they visit Australia, so that they can meet the expenses of ...

Australia to have regular talks with PNG regarding detainees' issue March 04, 2014

Australia's immigration minister, Scott Morrison, has stated that from now on there will be regular (monthly) meetings held between the country's government and that of Papua New Guinea. News reports also say and indicate that an agreement has been reached between Papua New Guinea and Australia which essentially states...

Australia provides medical treatment to alien detainees without their assent March 03, 2014

The Immigration department of Australia has been providing medical treatment to detainees in the detention center without their assent. Since 2005, this has been done 10 times, which includes force feeding a person who was on a hunger strike.In 1994, a ‘controversial regulation’ was introduced according to which ex...

Australia's DIBP is lacking an efficient direction on watch list February 26, 2014

As per an audit, the electronic watch list managed by Australia’s Department of Border Protection (DIBP) is lacking an efficient direction, and has also has made the task of measuring its contribution to the border security more difficult.Ian McPhee, Auditor-General, has said it is necessary for DIBP to examine h...

Chinese millionaires eyeing Australia for future investments February 25, 2014

Chinese millionaires who are affected by Canada’s decision to scrap the investor visa programme are now focusing on Australia for investing.Canada is eliminating its Immigrant Investor Program (IIP) and Enterprenuer (EN) that were popular among the millionaire Chinese investors. This program had allowed foreign inves...

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