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08 Feb 12
Fijian woman wins Australian visa case
The Australian Federal Magistrates Court has sided with a Fijian woman directly related to the overthrown Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, granting her an Australian visa and allowing her to remain in the country with her two children.
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07 Feb 12
Amnesty International claims Australian immigration detention centre should be closed
A four person delegation from international human rights charity Amnesty International has recommended that an Australian immigration detention centre should be closed immediately.
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07 Feb 12
Queensland ruling on civil partnerships creates Australian visa pathway
A recent ruling in Queensland means that the state will begin recognising the legal right of civil partnerships, regardless of gender, in March. The announcement means that same sex couples will have the same rights to an Australian visa as heterosexual marriages.
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06 Feb 12
MIA calls for increases to Australian humanitarian visa program
In a submission to the Australian immigration department, the Migration Institute of Australia (MIA) called for the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) to create a Humanitarian Program which is both 'larger in size and broader in scope'.
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06 Feb 12
Amnesty International to inspect Australian immigration detention centres
Four representatives from Amnesty International have been sent on a fact finding mission to the Australian immigration department's detention centres to inspect the conditions at the facilities.
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03 Feb 12
No move on Australian immigration talks despite more deaths
Despite a further nine asylum seekers bound for Australia drowning off the coast of southern Malaysia, politicians from both parties have so far refused to resume discussions regarding Australian immigration policy.
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01 Feb 12
Australian visa cuts outrage refugee groups
Despite more than 20,000 persecuted people with genuine family links to Australians desperately trying to secure an Australian visa, the programme which grants visa on humanitarian grounds has been cut from 3,000 places to just 750, sparking outrage from refugee advocates.
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31 Jan 12
Australian visa reforms get off to a slow start
A continuing decline of Australian visa applications from China has suggested that drastic relaxations of visa application requirements, known as the Knight reforms, are yet to revive the struggling education industry.
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31 Jan 12
Teenage asylum seekers left in Australian immigration detention centres
Concerns about the welfare of young asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention centres are rising after the number of teenagers detained in a West Australia detention centre almost doubled since mid-2011.
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31 Jan 12
Foreign nationals clog up Australian immigration system with appeals
While asylum seekers arriving by boat have dominated the Australian immigration issue in recent weeks, reports that migrants arriving in Australia by plane on tourist and student visas and then failing to leave when their visas expire are clogging up the immigration system with lengthy and costly appeals.
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