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Boat of Vietnamese asylum seekers turned back after 40-minute interviews

Major General Andrew Bottrell gives evidence at a Senate hearing on Monday. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian Forty-six migrants offloaded at port in April...

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...

Suspected asylum seeker vessel heading for Dampier off WA’s North West coast

Updated 20 Jul 2015, 5:39pm A suspected asylum seeker boat has been spotted off Dampier in Western Australia's North West region. A Federal Government source has...

Amnesty International Public Statement

VIET NAM: IMPRISONMENT OF ASYLUM SEEKER FORCIBLY RETURNED BY AUSTRALIA WOULD BE UNLAWFUL AND COULD BE DISASTROUS FOR HER FOUR YOUNG CHILDREN 11 August 2016,...

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...

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...

Vietnam Voice

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

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...

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)...

Australian Navy returns 46 asylum seekers to Vietnam after intercepting group en route to...

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton addresses the media PHOTO: Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has refused to comment, citing 'operational matters' AM By political editor Chris Uhlmann and...