Asylum seekers in Asia

Australian customs officials and navy personnel escort asylum-seekers onto Christmas Island August 21, 2013, after they were rescued from a crowded boat that had foundered at sea. Photo: Reuters

Hundreds of asylum seekers stopped from reaching Australia

International enforcement agencies have ‘disrupted’ 10 alleged attempts to transport 300 people over the past 14 months

12 Nov 2018 - 9:52am 1

Children rush to begin the Ma Wan Easter Egg Hunt, a charity campaign to raise funds for refugees and asylum seekers in Hong Kong, on April 15, 2017. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

‘Fake refugees’ label a body blow for Hong Kong asylum seekers and supporting NGOs

2 Nov 2018 - 6:00am 2

Refugees and asylum seekers protest at Australia’s now-closed Manus Island immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea. Photo: AP

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23 Oct 2018 - 5:29pm 63

Iranian refugee Muhammad Nabaei at the organic fruit and vegetable social enterprise where he works in Melbourne, Australia. Photo: Thomson Reuters Foundation

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14 Oct 2018 - 8:48am

Refugee camp five on Nauru. Photo: AFP

Life for asylum seekers behind the wire in Australia’s ‘Pacific Gulag’

11 Sep 2018 - 1:57pm 4

A fishing vessel, believed to be carrying Vietnamese asylum seekers, began sinking on Sunday. Photo: EPA

All boat passengers who fled into crocodile-infested waters ‘found alive’

28 Aug 2018 - 12:27pm

Pavlo Kolovos, head of mission for Medicins Sans Frontieres in Bangladesh. Photo: Winson Wong

Medecins Sans Frontieres wants legal status for Rohingya

24 Aug 2018 - 10:22pm 1

The crystal meth was hidden inside the metal roller (left). Photo: Handout

Asylum seeker caught with HK$1m of crystal meth in Hong Kong

22 Aug 2018 - 6:07pm 19

Hong Kong immigration authorities arranged a chartered flight to send 68 unsuccessful asylum seekers and illegal immigrants back to Vietnam. Photo: Hong Kong immigration authorities

Legal delays leave 2,000 failed asylum seekers stuck in city

7 Aug 2018 - 11:44pm 13

The tiny island of Nauru is home to a Canberra-funded refugee detention camp dubbed ‘Australia's Guantanamo’. File photo: AFP

What’s the big secret in ‘Australia’s Guantanamo’?

2 Aug 2018 - 9:34pm 7

Prison chaplain wages war on criminals taking advantage of vulnerable communities in city to traffic drugs, and calls for more awareness on issue

Beware drug lords luring domestic helpers, refugees into narcotics trade

29 Jul 2018 - 3:34pm 14

Pakistani asylum seekers form the largest number of claimants from a single country, according to recent figures. Photo: Robert Ng

‘Chartered flights considered to deport Pakistani asylum seekers’

28 Jul 2018 - 11:19pm 18

Demonstrators at the rally in Sydney on July 21, 2018. Photo: AFP

Thousands protest Australia’s refugee detention policy

21 Jul 2018 - 4:34pm 2

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at a joint press conference with Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Photo: AFP

Australia and New Zealand ‘not friends’ after deportation row

20 Jul 2018 - 10:45pm

File photo of refugees in a Manus Island detention centre, Papua New Guinea. Photo: AP

Australia must stop separating refugee families, says UN

17 Jul 2018 - 8:52pm 4

Arrivals from the Middle East have sparked a debate about the country’s role in accepting asylum seekers

The Yemenis of Jeju, and how refugee influx split Korean resort island

16 Jul 2018 - 4:10pm 4

Advocates have pushed for the introduction of anti-human-trafficking laws, but the Hong Kong government has insisted the current legal framework is sufficient. Photo: Shutterstock

Give Hong Kong’s asylum seekers the right to work, NGO leader says

7 Jul 2018 - 11:49pm 28

A security panel at Hong Kong’s legislature will meet on Tuesday to discuss the proposed reforms. Photo: Nora Tam

Rights lawyers slam Hong Kong plans to tighten asylum procedures

7 Jul 2018 - 10:59pm 14

The asylum seekers who sheltered Edward Snowden (from left) Supun Thilina Kellapatha, Nadeeka Dilrukshi Nonis with son Dinath, daughter Sethmundi, Vanessa Mae Rodel with her daughter, and Ajith Pushpakumara. Photo: Jonathan Wong

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6 Jul 2018 - 8:47am 13

Only after almost 24 hours of arguments at the airport were the couple able to file a protection claim, they said. Photo: Sam Tsang

Egyptian couple went on hunger strike over ‘abuse’ at detention centre

24 Jun 2018 - 5:08pm 6

(From right) Sri Lankan refugee Ajith Puspa; Filipino refugee Vanessa Rodel with her daughter Keana; Sri Lankan refugees Nadeeka Nonis with her partner Supun Thilina Kellapatha and children Sethumdi and Dinath. Photo: AFP

Canada accused of ‘dragging its feet’ over asylum seekers in Snowden case

22 Jun 2018 - 10:57pm 10

Official statistics showed that last year 1,046 legal aid applications for judicial review were submitted and only 29 were approved. Photo: Sam Tsang

Alarm at drop in legal aid for judicial review applications

13 May 2018 - 8:18am 6

Brenda Sawyer, Run co-founder and Virginie Goethals, Run’s programme head and director, with refugees at the Aberdeen Sports Ground. Photo: Jonathan Wong

How Run helps rehabilitate refugees through track training, study

21 May 2018 - 4:13pm

Nearly 100 Sri Lankan men, 24 women and nine children were aboard the ship, which was making its way to international waters when it was stopped. Photo: AP

Australia says asylum seekers target New Zealand ‘back door’

7 May 2018 - 10:54pm

More than 120 Sri Lankans were discovered aboard a rusted tanker ship off Malaysia, as authorities busted an international smuggling ring. Photo: AP

People-smuggling ship carrying 127 Sri Lankans busted off Malaysia

6 May 2018 - 11:04pm

Australia has long exiled asylum seekers on the remote island of Manus. Now ‘free’, the men suffer violence, depression and isolation. If not for whistle-blowers like Behrouz Boochani, their plight might never have been known

Exposing the human cost of Australia’s offshore detention centres

30 Apr 2018 - 10:16am 22

Asylum seekers and their children stage a protest for their rights, in Hong Kong on February 6, 2015. The death of a Sri Lankan asylum seeker in a fire that broke out in a slum in Yuen Long the previous month sparked calls for an overhaul of the way the city treats refugees. Photo: AFP

Refugees in Hong Kong need respect and a fair shot at better life

24 Apr 2018 - 4:11pm

File photo of guards at the East Japan Immigration Centre in Ushiku. Photo: Reuters

Suicide revives concerns about Japan’s immigration centres

22 Apr 2018 - 2:39pm

New survey finds six in 10 Hongkongers think there is prejudice against ethnic minorities, but believe children born here to refugee parents should have right to stay

Racism still rife in city, but sympathy grows for refugee children

19 Apr 2018 - 9:55pm 22

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