W hen I was 10, my parents sent me to Ireland on my own, to spend a year living with my extended family. An air hostess held my hand and sat me on the plane and another delivered me to my grandmother at Heathrow 24 hours later. It was a very different jo
Read Full Article atAn Indian family is demanding the return of their daughter, who was kidnapped and then adopted out to an Australian family 15 years ago. Zabeen was snatched from near her home in Chennai in 1998 - a story all too common in India, where hundreds of stolen
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Educa now exporting to Australia Wellington, February 19, 2013 - Educa is now officially delivering its cloud-based e-portfolio solution to its neighbor country Australia. Two new customers in Sydney and Perth with a total of 650 pupils and parents are n
Six months ago today, the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers recommended a return to offshore processing on Nauru, predicting it would act as a “circuit breaker” to stem the flow of asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat. In the first six months that f
OFFENCES AMONG THE WORST: Aaron Ellmers, 41, has pleaded guilty to a raft of child-sex offences. The guardian of one of paedophile Aaron Ellmers' victims says he is a manipulative and cunning offender who should never be freed from prison. Ellmers, 41, p
Source: The Daily Telegraph IN just the first eight days of his watch as Immigration Minister, Brendan O'Connor has watched as the 150 places the federal government has secured for refugees in New Zealand have been swamped. Four boats carrying 248 people
The minister cannot make the best interests of an unaccompanied child his or primary concern when, at the same time, he or she is the detaining authority and the visa decision-maker...