Migration
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UN reports four accidents, including 130 refugees missing from one boat, bringing this year’s Mediterranean death toll to 4,500
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Medhanie Yehdego Mered, AKA ‘The General’, is believed to be the kingpin of a criminal organisation of people smugglers responsible for illegally transporting thousands of people from the Middle East and Africa to Europe
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Number of eastern Europeans working in Britain rose by 46,000 but figure for western Europeans fell, ONS data shows
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Foreign workers will be forced to leave Australia within 60 days instead of 90 if they lose their jobs
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The deputy prime minister tells audience on the ABC’s Q&A program his position on the national security committee means he does know whether the US president-elect will stick to the deal to take refugees from Nauru and Manus Island, but he can’t say.
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Immigration expert Niels Frenzen says Trump will want something in return if he is to honour the deal to take refugees from Nauru and Manus Island
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Deputy PM appearance to accuse Labor of blocking bill that would permanently ban people from visiting Australia
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Labor leader stresses focus on jobs for Australians as he promises not to neglect blue-collar workers and suffer fate of US Democrats
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Immigration minister Peter Dutton confirms Australia is in talks with other countries as Labor offers cautious support for US deal
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Leader of Catholic church stresses need to turn away from views that exclude the needy during service at St Peter’s Basilica
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The details we do and don’t know about the US agreement to take some refugees from Australian run-detention on Manus Island and Nauru
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Malcolm Turnbull announces one-off agreement for refugees on Manus Island and Nauru to be resettled in US under auspices of the UNHCR
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Local authorities ready to take in young unaccompanied refugees say government has so far failed to transfer them
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Australian newspaper says deal between two countries is expected to be announced within days
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Popular young wrestler Ali Mbengu dies after boat capsizes on crossing from Libya
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As a Trump victory looked increasingly likely on Tuesday night, Canada’s citizenship and immigration website was down and Google searches were up
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Vote on proposal to bar migrants from being resettled in the country falls just short of two-thirds majority needed
Coalition Britain Ambiguity over refugee deal is tough for people who have little resilience left