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Australian Immigration Minister Tony Burke says there is no longer common ground between the federal goverment and the coalition on border security

The federal opposition in Australia has scoffed at reports the government has earmarked a new site on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea for a tent city for up to 10,000 asylum seekers.

The Greens in Australia say the federal government's asylum seeker deal with Nauru is cruel and absurd.

The opposition immigration spokesman in Australia, Scott Morrison, says thousands of asylum seekers will be housed on Nauru in a tent city for up to five years if a coalition...

The number of asylum seekers arriving by boat since the Australian government announced a new resettlement policy more than a week ago has climbed to 1267.

The Nauru district court heard bail applications for the asylum seekers facing charges of riot and unlawful assembly following the July 19th riot at the Australian-run detention camp on the...

The Nauru District Court began proceedings on Wednesday to lay charges on 152 asylum seekers arrested over the riot at the Australian run detention camp on the island. A government...

Nauru's new parliament has been sworn in this morning. The Supreme Court judge, John von Doussa, officiated at the ceremony which saw the 19 newly elected MPs sign an oath.

The new Nauru parliament is to meet tomorrow to elect a speaker and then a president following the weekend poll that returned 6 new members among the 19 MPs. It...

The new Nauru parliament is to meet tomorrow to elect a speaker and then a president following the weekend poll that returned 6 new members among the 19 MPs. It...

There will be some new faces in the next Nauru parliament, but most sitting candidates have held on to their seats after Saturday's poll including 3 former presidents. All results...

Nauru goes to the polls today with 68 candidates vying for the 19 seats in the legislature. After months of political instability there is a widespread hope on the island...

Nauruans go to the polls tomorrow in what is being described as a critical election for the island. There are hopes it will change the fractious political environment that has...

68 candidates have been nominated to contest this Saturday's election to fill the 19 seats in the Nauru parliament. Nominations closed on Saturday, with nominees given until Wednesday to withdraw.

When Nauru goes to the polls next month 19 parliamentary seats in the eight constituencies will be contested for the first time. This follows an amendment to the Electoral Act...

An activist fighting for the rights of asylum seekers on Nauru says there have been two suicide attempts in the past two days. The Refugee Action Coalition's Ian Rintoul says...

Australia has sent the first group of asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea from Christmas Island as part of its policy of processing them offshore.

Australia's opposition leader Tony Abbott says the government's first transfer of asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea's Manus Island is not good enough. The government has transferred an initial 19...

The Australian government has sent the first of a possible 400 asylum seekers to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. And it has dismissed concerns raised by Amnesty International after...

The Australian Government has confirmed that four children are among the first asylum seekers sent to Papua New Guinea's Manus Island. The Immigration Minister Chris Bowen says the first 19...

The Australian government has begun transferring asylum seekers to Manus Island, with a first batch of 19 flown to the island off Papua New Guinea's north coast early today. A...