UNICEF statement on Australia and Vietnam signing MOU to return Vietnamese asylum seekers
Statement attributable to Amy Lamoin, Head of Policy and Advocacy, UNICEF Australia
SYDNEY, 13 December 2016 - UNICEF Australia notes the announcement yesterday that a...
Turned back by Australia, Vietnamese recognised as refugees in Indonesia
JUNE 11 2017
Shira Sebban
Ever since they were forcibly returned by Australia to Vietnam two years ago, mother-of-four Tran Thi Thanh Loan and mother-of-three Tran...
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...
Media Release: JRS deeply concerned over return of 46 Vietnamese asylum seekers
HMAS Choules intercepted and returned 46 Vietnamese asylum seekers who had been found in waters north of Australia.
21 April 2015
Jesuit Refugee Service Australia (JRS)...
Kids ‘orphaned’ as Vietnam jails parents over asylum bid
Ms Loan with her four children outside courthouse where her appeal against a three-year sentence was rejected.
AMANDA HODGE, NGA L.H. NGUYEN, The Australian,
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Asylum seekers returned to Vietnam by Australian Navy had claims assessed at sea, UNHCR...
PHOTO: HMAS Choules completed its mission to transfer the group back to Vietnam. (www.navy.gov.au)
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By South East Asia correspondent Samantha Hawley
Updated 21 Apr 2015, 9:29am
The...
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...
Women flee Vietnam for second time following turn-back from Australia
Three women who fled Vietnam, only to be sent back by the Australian Government, have again fled their homeland, as Vietnamese authorities "strictly punish"...