The past week has thrown Australia’s strict border control and detention system into the spotlight. Share full article. Protesters outside Park Hotel in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday.

Key Background. In 2020, Australia relied on some of the world’s most stringent lockdowns and border control measures to successfully curb the spread of the coronavirus within its borders.

Australia’s Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has certainly borrowed from that historical legacy, attempting to make the angst and anxiety of border control a fixture of his country’s policy.

Australia's border closure, combined with snap lockdowns, swift contact tracing and public health compliance has ranked its control measures among the world's most effective. Infections total ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. MELBOURNE, Australia — Weary after two years of some of the harshest ...

After just over 700 days, Australia’s international border officially reopens on Monday, meaning we no longer needed special government permission to travel overseas, or return home. It’s a ...

Australia is to reopen its borders to vaccinated international travelers on February 21. The move comes almost two years after borders were closed as part of efforts to control the spread of COVID-19.

Australia has had one of the most punitive policies on forced migration in the world, including controls beyond the border; the current U.S. practice of caging “illegal” migrants comes close.

FILE - A man walks past a billboard featuring defending champion, Serbia's Novak Djokovic, ahead of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022.