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Responding to the announcement on Wednesday that the Government of Pakistan has agreed to a one-year extension to more than 1.45 million Afghan refugees who held UNHCR-issued Proof of Registration (PoR) cards in the country, Thyagi Ruwanpathirana, Regional Researcher for South Asia, Amnesty International, said: “The decision by the Pakistan government to extend the stay […]

Since September 2023, Egypt’s Border Guard Forces and police have carried out mass arbitrary arrests of Sudanese people who fled the ongoing armed conflict in Sudan for irregularly entering or staying in Egypt. Women, men and children are being held in cruel and inhuman conditions, including in warehouses or horse stables, pending their forced return […]

Refugees in Australia face dire circumstances and are subject to harsh treatment; such as being turned back on arrival or being sent into detention facilities. They’re often villainised by mainstream media and politicians as being lazy, which is simply untrue. These refugees have a genuine need and right to seek asylum, and once given it, […]

The Rohingya people have been persecuted for decades by the Myanmar military as an ethnic minority, with a renewed wave of violence in 2017 causing nearly one million people to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh. The United States in 2022 declared the Myanmar military had perpetrated a genocide against the Rohingya during the 2017 atrocities. They […]

Over the past decade, governments and the media worldwide have maintained an alarming anti-refugee narrative, nourished by misconceptions and scare tactics. This narrative often portrays refugees as threats to national security, drains on resources, and even as potential terrorists. Such rhetoric not only promotes discrimination and xenophobia but also makes people forget about the struggle […]

The Government of Pakistan must immediately halt the continued detentions, deportations and widespread harassment of Afghan refugees, said Amnesty International today. “Thousands of Afghan refugees are being used as political pawns to be returned to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan where their life and physical integrity could be at risk amidst an intensified crackdown on human rights and […]

Amnesty is deeply concerned about Pakistan’s forced returns of Afghan refugees.

After years of calling for an end to successive Australian governments’ cruel offshore processing regime, Amnesty International Australia welcomes reports today that the last people remaining on Nauru are set to leave by 30 June.

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Amnesty International Australia urges the Labor government to end the years of abuse and ensure people’s human rights are realised, as a private members Bill is considered in the Senate this week calling for the transfer to Australia of all refugees and people seeking asylum who remain stuck in Nauru and Papua New Guinea for […]