Immigration news headlines

A year ago, Han lost her mother in the NSW floods. Now, the 10-year-old is facing losing her home.

He raced to be by his son's side as he fought for life. Now he faces an unsettling and uncertain future.

The court will today deliver a ruling on a case that could give new hope to at least 130 detainees facing indefinite detention.

Poet Koraly Dimitriadis is known within the Australian Greek-Cypriot community as either one of two things, a voice of reason or a "reckless" rebel.

They're the lifeline helping Western Australia's ailing health system, but migrant doctors are being forced to live in holiday accommodation.

Dozens missing at sea are presumed dead after the crew of a fishing boat rescued almost 40 people and recovered several bodies.

A Sydney couple has issued a plea to Immigration Minister Andrew Giles to allow them - and their unborn child - to stay in the country.

A small group of asylum-seekers have boarded a barge amid public health warnings over the refugee solution branded 'inhumane'.

Dozens of migrants were dramatically rescued by Italy as they foundered in the sea or clung to a rocky reef in separate incidents over the weekend.

An Afghan man will be deported after trying to argue former prime minister Scott Morrison's secret appointment to multiple ministerial portfolios should prevent him being kicked out of Australia.

A family who were told they were too old to stay in Australia have been given a temporary reprieve.

After five years of living in Australia, all of Lisbett Lillo's carefully-laid plans appeared to be falling into place.

About four or five detainees jumped from the second level after the fire started.

Luiza Russo says she could have made a down payment on a house with all the money she had spent on visa applications.

One grabbed unrelenting, moment-to-moment attention. One was watched and discussed as another sad, but routine, news story.

The family had applied for a permanent residency visa in 2016, but have been since told it had been refused.

Emma Mills cares for her sick Australian father and her daughter was born here, but she's still been told to leave.

Nine survivors have been arrested amid estimates as many as 750 people were on board the battered fishing boat.

A UK couple who settled in Australia eight years ago say they face being separated from their adult children due to an 'upsetting and frustrating' visa rule.

Some initial reports suggested hundreds of people may have been aboard when the boat went down dozens of kilometres from shore.

Three people charged over an alleged $1.5 million immigration scam will face court in Sydney next month.

The rare tragedy comes as the agency struggles with overcrowding in its facilities.

The expiration of a pandemic-era public health restriction that will significantly alter several years of US immigration policy has arrived.

Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has stepped in to allow a family facing deportation to stay in the country.

USA authorities are investigating whether the crash was intentional or an accident.

Anthony Albanese has defended Australia's intake of migrants after revelations a record 400,000 new people will enter the country this year on net.

Mohon Mia fled his home country after someone tried to kidnap his wife and child. Now, after almost a decade in Australia, he faces being sent back.

A report has warned the government the migration system is not effectively targeted to either current or future needs.

Sarah Arnold still remembers the day her partner said the three magic words: "book the tickets".

Some of the roughly 400 migrants on board have reportedly jumped overboard, while other need medical help.

In CCTV video, two guards don't appear to make any effort to open the cell doors and instead hurry away as billowing clouds of smoke fill the structure within seconds.

The devastating fire is one of the deadliest incidents ever at an immigration lockup in the country.

Two Cuban migrants used a motorised hang glider to fly the approximately 145 kilometres from the communist island, leaving authorities shocked.

A family who "gave up everything" to help care for a dying relative is fighting to stay in the country after being asked to leave just hours after their loved one died.

A scheme which saw thousand of children sent to countries including Australia from Scotland has been dubbed "a shameful chapter" in Scotland's history with officials admitting the system was "abusive".

Breakthrough for family that was at risk of being deported due to son's Down syndrome diagnosis.

The family have pleaded with Immigration Minister Andrew Giles to intervene. 

Almost 20,000 locals from her NSW community signed a petition calling for her to be allowed to stay - but her request for an intervention has been rejected.

Officials feared the death toll could top 100.

The government said it has briefed Indonesian and Sri Lankan officials amid fears in a resurgence of unauthorised boat arrivals.

The family of a four-year-old Melbourne girl says her medical bills could soon exceed half a million dollars as she bravely battles her third type of cancer in three years.

One of the final barriers to becoming an Australian citizen is a multiple choice test. Would you be able to pass the test?

Pet owners trying to bring their cats and dogs into Australia say they've been left hopeless and confused by sudden rule changes which will make it harder to bring their animals to the country.

A sharp pandemic-induced exodus that saw Melbourne lose more than one per cent of its population won't prevent it taking the title within a decade.

Darko Desic escaped from Grafton jail in 1992 after being convicted of cannabis cultivation two years earlier but turned himself into police last year.

Under the restrictions, officials have expelled asylum-seekers inside the United States 2.5 million times.

A Cairns family facing deportation after their son was diagnosed with autism has been given some fresh hope.

The Albanese government is abolishing a controversial government body and replacing it.

The figure is more than 10 times higher than Qatari officials have ever admitted but much lower than other estimates.

The group landed in Auckland this afternoon, with the Government confirming the first six refugees were on board.