Asylum Seekers

European Union officials will hold an emergency meeting later today to discuss a plan to settle 160-thousand asylum seekers. Audio

National is vowing to block opposition party attempts this week to force New Zealand's hand on the refugee quota. Audio

In Budapest, Hungary's capital, hundreds of refugees are stranded outside a major railway station after police sealed off the terminal to stop them trying to reach northern Europe. Hungary has become… Audio

PNG police say the Australian Government never told it staff accused of rape were being flown out of the Manus Island Detention Centre. Audio

An Australian social worker falsely accused off making up stories about asylum seeker abuse and kicked off Nauru is looking at suing Immigration officials. Audio

Children are confirmed to be on board a suspected asylum seeker boat off the coast of Western Australia. Audio

The operator of the Nauru detention centre has received 67 allegations of child abuse, either at the hands of staff or other asylum seekers. Audio

Paediatrician Professor David Isaacs was invited by the Australian government to work in the offshore detention centre in Nauru for five days late last year and has been very vocal about what he says… Audio

The Australian government is urgently trying to pass legislation to skittle a HIGH court challenge over its offshore detention camps for asylum seekers. Audio

Australia's government is rushing through legislation to authorise it to detain people in a foreign country. Audio

Sydney Barrister, Shane Prince is a commercial lawyer who's just won a humanitarian award for his pro bono work for asylum seekers. He says a recent case involving a Chinese asylum-seeker 'tripped up'… Audio

Staying with the Prime Minister and the Government is coming under increasing pressure to boost the refugee quota of 750 a year. Audio

A Rohingya refugee is calling on the Government to take in more asylum seekers forced to flee violence in their home countries. Audio

Australia's Labor Party is calling on their Auditor General to investigate claims that Australian officials paid people smugglers to take a boat of asylum seekers to Indonesia. Audio

Australia's Labor Party is calling on their Auditor-General to investigate whether the government paid people smugglers to turn around a boat full of asylum seekers. Audio

An Australian senate inquiry into serious allegations of abuse and poor conditions at the Nauru detention centre has heard medical staff were told not to report psychological health problems suffered… Audio

A Bangladesh refugee claiming to be in an Indonesian detention centre, says Australian officials paid the boat crew and captain to take the 65 asylum seekers away from Australia. Audio

A people-smuggling boat with 65 people on board was headed to New Zealand. Steel-hulled and with every chance of making it across the Tasman. Audio

An immigrant herself, Lize Immelman wonders why refugees have such a hard time finding work. She talks to three residents of Newtown, Wellington, about their experiences, and to MP Annette King… Audio