Nauru
Election Breakdowns: Offshore Processing
VICE's Micah Greenwood explains why Labor and Liberal's asylum seeker policies are so eerily similar, and what you can do about it on July 2.
Why Are Shorten and Turnbull's Refugee Policies So Frustratingly Similar?
You might think it's because people are racist. You're right, but it's also because politicians are appealing to a handful of important swing seats—and those guys are really racist.
Australian Politicians Want to Send Refugees to Canada, But They Haven't Told Canada Yet
A member of parliament for Australia's opposition center-left Labor party says Canada is the "obvious" choice for resettling refugees held in its offshore detention centers — and other government leaders and NGOs are supporting the idea.
Ignoring the Facts, Australia's Immigration Minister Calls Refugees 'Illiterate and Innumerate'
Despite multiple major studies finding the opposite, Peter Dutton claimed refugees were uneducated and languish on unemployment queues, in comments condemned as offensive, xenophobic nonsense.
Australia Admits Wrongfully Accusing Charity of Inciting Refugees' Self Harm — As It Accuses Others
Australia says it will compensate Save the Children Australia for wrongfully accusing it of encouraging asylum seekers to self harm, days after it levelled similar claims at other groups.
VICE Talks ‘Chasing Asylum’ with Filmmaker Eva Orner
A day after learning a 23-year-old woman had set herself on fire on Nauru, we spoke to Academy Award–winning documentarian Eva Orner about her latest film on Australia's deadly offshore detention policy.
Why a 21-Year-Old Refugee Has Just Set Herself on Fire
A young Somali woman is the latest victim of the mental health crisis in Australia's offshore immigration detention centres. Immigration activists say that she isn't the only one.
Another Horribly Burned Asylum Seeker Has Been Airlifted to a Brisbane Hospital
Somali woman Hodan Yasin arrived in Brisbane this morning after setting herself alight at the Nauru detention centre. This is the second such case in a week.
Woman Raped in Australian Offshore Detention Camp Won't Be Allowed to Travel for Abortion
The African woman was raped after she fell unconscious but abortion is illegal on the island of Nauru. Also on Friday, a refugee died after setting himself on fire at the same facility two days ago.
The Nauru Detainee Who Set Himself on Fire Has Died
Life support for the 23-year-old Iranian refugee Omid has just been switched off in a Brisbane hospital.
We Asked a Manus Island Detainee Where They Will Go Now
VICE's sources inside the PNG detention centre know it's been ruled illegal, but they aren't getting any answers about where they are headed next
Australia Refuses to Take Asylum Seekers as Papua New Guinea Says It Will Close Offshore Center
PNG's Prime Minister has ordered the controversial asylum detention center to close, and a refugee on the island of Nauru has set himself on fire in desperation — but Australia isn't budging.