Nauru
Calls for refugees to be brought back to Australia
Australia's Human Rights Law Centre is joining calls for all refugees and asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island and Nauru to be evacuated immediately and brought to Australia.
Amnesty says US deal 'dead in the water'
Amnesty International believes Australia's refugee deal with the US is dead in the water, despite indications from the White House that it will honour the agreement.
March in Sydney calls for 'immediate action' over refugees
Protesters have marched in Sydney, Australia to protest against US President Donald Trump and Australia's Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and the treatment of refugees detained in camps on Manus…
Manus, Nauru refugees at centre of fractious phone call
Australian refugee advocate, Ian Rintoul, says there is now a very, very big question mark over the resettlement deal between Australia and the United States. He says the talk of 'extreme vetting' of… Audio
Australia-US refugee deal remains alive
US President Donald Trump will honour a US agreement with Australia to accept refugees housed on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island and Nauru although he is unhappy about the deal.
Trump calls US Australia refugee swap a "dumb deal"
The American President Donald Trump has described an agreement to swap refugees with Australia as a dumb deal.
Save the Children welcomes apology
Save the Children welcomes apology from the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection to its nine staffers forced off Nauru in 2014. Audio
Doubts remain over Australia-US refugee deal
Doubts remain that all the refugees detained in Nauru and Papua New Guinea by Australia will be resettled in the United States under a deal struck before US President Donald Trump's travel ban. Audio
Save the Children pleased with Nauru backdown
Save the Children says it welcomes an expression of regret from the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection to its nine staffers forced off Nauru in 2014.
Charity workers offered compo over Nauru sackings
Nine charity workers have been offered an estimated US$755,000 in compensation along with a statement of regret after they were sacked and deported from Nauru.
Call for Australia to act over ill pregnant woman on Nauru
The Refugee Action Coalition is pleading for a woman in the 37th week of her pregnancy to be flown from Nauru to Australia for the birth.
US commits to Australia refugee deal
The US has committed to a deal with Australia to take refugees from Manus Island and Nauru - even as a ban against refugees, migrants and visitors from some Muslim-majority countries is enforced.
Jakarta urges Pacific to recognise Palestine
Indonesia has called on Pacific island countries to immediately recognise Palestine.
Australia mum over US refugee deal
There is no word from the Australian government whether its deal with Washington to shift some of its refugees to the United States has collapsed.
Nauru, Manus Island refugees distressed by Trump
The distress of refugees detained offshore by Australia has deepened with news US President Donald Trump will suspend refugee resettlement.
Australia Day no cause for celebration - refugee
A refugee detained by Australia on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island says Australia Day is no cause for celebration.
Third ever woman elected to Nauru's parliament
A by-election on Nauru has seen the third ever woman elected to the country's parliament.
$1bn spent on Aus detention centres without permission
An independent audit has alleged more than $AU1 billion has been spent at Australia's offshore detention centres without proper authorisation.
No further interviews on Nauru for resettlement in the US
No further interviews for resettlement in the United States are being conducted on Nauru, according to the Refugee Action Coalition.
Azerbaijan blacklists four Pacific offshore centres
Four Pacific Island countries have been identified by Azerbaijan as financial offshore centres from where no company can operate in the country's securities market.