Thursday, January 8, 2026

Vietnamese asylum seekers returned by plane in the dead of night: reports

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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...

Navy reportedly moves to intercept boat carrying Vietnamese asylum seekers

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An image taken from ABC news footage of the suspected asylum seeker vessel off the coast of Western Australia on Monday. Photograph: ABC news Western...

Fears returned Vietnamese asylum seekers are being grilled in police detention

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Immigration Minister Peter Dutton. Photo: Andrew Meares Heath Aston APRIL 23 2015 Asylum seekers who were returned to Vietnam by the Australian Navy last week are...

UN informed of Australia’s secretive return of Vietnamese asylum seekers

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"Australia should never return a refugee to persecution": Daniel Webb of the Human Rights Law Centre. April 21, 2015 The Australian Government has secretly returned 46...

Suspected asylum seeker boat ‘unlikely to dock’ after interception, WA water police say

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PHOTO: The suspected asylum seeker boat near a cargo ship off Dampier on Monday (ABC TV) By Charlotte Hamlyn Updated 21 Jul 2015, 1:30pm Police assisting in...

Government quiet over reports Navy seeking to return Vietnamese asylum seekers

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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...

Fate of Vietnamese Asylum Seeker Children Hangs in the Balance

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A group of Vietnamese asylum seekers, including 12 children, have tried to reach Australia by boat for the second time, writes Shira Sebban, 16...

Asylum seekers arrive in WA’s north-west

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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...

Vietnamese asylum seekers secretly held at sea for more than a month, commander tells...

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HMAS Choules arrives in Sydney PHOTO: The asylum seekers were sent back to Vietnam on board HMAS Choules (Royal Australian Navy: Shane Cameron) By political reporter...

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...