Papua New Guinea

The EU has been harshly criticized for supporting the Libyan coastguard to intercept migrant boats in the Mediterranean | Photo: Reuters file/H. Amara
  • Australia
  • Nauru
  • Papua New Guinea

EU trying to replicate Australia's offshore detention centers, refugee activist warns

A human rights activist and former immigration detainee has warned that Europe is trying to copy Australia’s harsh asylum system. He says asylum seekers held in Australia's offshore processing centers suffer psychological abuse, trauma and racism.

Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani, who won the Victorian Prize for Literature | Credit: Behrouz Boochani
  • Australia
  • Iran
  • Papua New Guinea

Refugee wins Australia's top literature prize

An Iranian refugee won Australia's most prestigious literary prize for a book he wrote on his mobile phone. The author, Behrouz Boochani, is however detained in Papua New Guinea and not allowed in Australia.