On Thursday night, the Australian government passed new laws that expand the country’s offshore detention regime, further evade international obligations, and allow officials to pursue prison ...

In Australia, a federal election may still be months away, but immigration — in particular the number of foreign students — is already a focus of political debate.

Abul Riziv, a former senior immigration official, told the ABC it was no surprise the government had been negotiating with another country to take the cohort and that Nauru was "the obvious target." ...