Australia ends asylum boat stand-off with Indonesia

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 12:03

Australia said on Saturday it will take a boatload of asylum-seekers at the centre of a high-seas stand-off with Indonesia to its Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island.

Australia strikes deal with Malaysia on asylum-seekers

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 13:57

Australia on Friday said it has struck a deal with Malaysia to disrupt the transit of asylum-seekers through the Southeast Asian nation to Indonesia, where they board boats heading for Australian waters.

Australia returns 79 Sri Lankan asylum seekers

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 11:18

Australia has sent back 79 Sri Lankans who attempted to illegally migrate by boat to seek asylum in that country, pushing the number of those returned to nearly 1,400 since August 2012, the Australian Embassy said in a statement here on Thursday.

Asylum-seeker dies in Japan while doctor at lunch: NGO

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 15:41

An asylum-seeker collapsed and died after staff at a Japanese immigration centre failed to call for help, allegedly because the doctor was having lunch, a pressure group today said.

Ecuador mulls taking Assange case to The Hague

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 11:06

Assange has been living in the embassy for more than a year, after Ecuador granted him political asylum, but Britain refused to let him leave the country by denying safe passage, Xinhua reported.

Al Qaeda leader al-Libi was given political asylum in UK?

Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2013, 10:18

Abu Anas al-Libi, the al Qaeda leader who was captured by the US special forces in Libya, was given political asylum and allowed to live in Britain in 1995, reports said.

Australia PM Abbott in Indonesia for asylum-seeker talks

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 12:00

Australia`s new Prime Minister Tony Abbott begins a visit to Indonesia Monday for talks on his tough refugee policies that have sparked anger in Jakarta, as his government also faced criticism over a deadly asylum boat accident.

Death toll hits 29 in Indonesia boat sinking

Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 22:24

The death toll in the sinking of a boat carrying asylum seekers off Indonesia`s coast has risen to 29, while dozens more are still missing.

20 dead, many missing, as asylum-seeker boat sinks off Indonesia

Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 19:52

At least 20 people, mostly children, drowned and scores are missing after an Australia-bound boat carrying Middle Eastern asylum-seekers sank off Indonesia, police said on Friday.

Fawad Ahmed`s controversy raises doubts over honour of playing for country: Report

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 13:31

Australian media has claimed that unless spinner Fawad Ahmed does something special on the field, he will continue to be referred to as the Pakistani asylum seeker turned Australian cricketer, in the background of the sponsor logo controversy.

Syrians among 230 boat people landed in Italy

Last Updated: Saturday, August 31, 2013, 18:16

Scores of Syrian asylum seekers landed in southern Italy on Saturday on two boats carrying a total of around 230 people, officials said.

Ecuador says committed to resolving Assange`s asylum issue

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 14:06

The Ecuadorian government has reportedly said that it is committed to find a solution to the long-standing issue of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has been holed up at the country`s embassy in London for more than a year.