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An Iranian Kurdish asylum seeker living among the community in Australia sues the Commonwealth government in the Federal Court for detaining him in two hotel rooms for over a year. This is the latest in a growing movement of refugees suing Australia for alleged human rights abuses.
2021-07-30

A Sudanese asylum seeker stabs an immigration official to death at a refugee centre in Pau, France. The attack is not thought to be linked to terrorism.
2021-02-19

The High Court of Australia rules against plans by the government of Australia to send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia.
2011-08-31

Asylum seekers at the Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre off the Indian Ocean coast of Western Australia start a hunger strike in protest at their deportation to Malaysia.
2011-08-6

Both houses of the Parliament of Australia vote to condemn a proposal to send asylum seekers to Malaysia.
2011-06-16

The Government of Australia sends additional Australian Federal Police officers to Christmas Island following a series of riots at the Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre.
2011-03-18

Tear gas is used to control a riot by asylum seekers at the Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre on Christmas Island off the coast of Australia.
2011-03-14

Up to 80 asylum seekers break out of the Australian detention centre on Christmas Island.
2011-03-12

The Australian government proposes a new "flood tax" to raise funds for reconstruction work following severe flooding in the east of the country.
2011-01-27

The High Court of Australia finds that Australia's offshore processing of asylum seekers denies procedural fairness.
2010-11-11