Abbott government under fire for secret bid to hand back asylum seekers to Vietnam
The HMAS Choules (right) was close to the southern port city of Vung Tau. Photo: Kate Geraghty
April 17 2015
Heath Aston
Vietnamese Australians and human rights activists...
Fate of Vietnamese Asylum Seeker Children Hangs in the Balance
A group of Vietnamese asylum seekers, including 12 children, have tried to reach Australia by boat for the second time, writes Shira Sebban, 16...
Retired US Ambassador Visits Vietnamese Asylum Seekers in Indonesian Detention
Retired US Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees recently visited the 18 Vietnamese asylum seekers in detention in Kuningan, South Jakarta.
The former US Ambassador to East...
Government quiet over reports Navy seeking to return Vietnamese asylum seekers
Updated 17 Apr 2015, 6:20pm
The Federal Government is refusing to confirm reports that the Navy is attempting to return a large group of asylum...
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Vietnamese asylum seekers returned by plane in the dead of night: reports
Prime Minister Tony Abbott refused to comment on reports the Vietnamese asylum seekers had been returned, saying it wasn't his government's job to "run...
Election 2016: Peter Dutton, Malcolm Turnbull confirm Vietnam asylum seeker boat turn-back
PHOTO: The asylum seeker boat from Vietnam was detected at the beginning of June. (Supplied)
By political reporter Jane Norman
Updated 22 Jun 2016, 3:18pm
Asylum seeker...
APRRN STATEMENT: APRRN CONDEMNS AUSTRALIA’S RETURN OF 46 VIETNAMESE ASYLUM SEEKERS FOUND AT SEA
April 28, 2015
The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), a network of over 230 civil society organisations and individuals working in 26 countries, condemns...
Vietnam jails four asylum seekers over voyage to Australia despite ‘no retribution’ promise
Tran Thi Loan, 46, is appealing a three-year sentence handed to her in April.
By Jessica Longbottom
Updated 26 May 2016, 8:27pm
Four people sent back...
Asylum seekers arrive in WA’s north-west
Updated 20 Jul 2013, 6:52pm
Locals who watched 17 asylum seekers being transferred to the mainland at Dampier in WA's north-west on Friday night say...