Asylum seeker

Hundreds of asylum seekers are being detained on a tiny Pacific island after trying to get to Australia. But having spent years on Nauru, many of them are losing hope - with the most tragic consequences.

A Swedish student activist refused to take her seat aboard a plane at Gothenburg airport, to prevent an Afghan asylum seeker from being deported.

If we can’t manage a better political culture, we will never create a better, more compassionate country

This system isn’t working for anybody, certainly not taxpayers or those who rely on it to make life-changing decisions