This Month
Coalition plans major crackdown on temporary visa loopholes
The hardline stance on immigration is expected to be made public within weeks and comes as the Coalition bleeds votes on its right flank to One Nation.
February
Key Liberal MPs say they had ‘not seen’ Ley’s immigration policy
The Philippines and Gaza were identified on a list of 13 regions that could be subject to restrictions under the Liberal immigration plan created by Sussan Ley.
Labor should follow Mark Carney’s lead on managing migration
It is not dog-whistling to prudently review immigration settings to match public opinion. The immigration program must retain popular support to be sustainable.
January
Labor accused of breaking the law on migration rules
Labor’s Julian Hill said the rules were “cruel” and “illegal” in opposition, but the Albanese government has continued the Coalition’s policy.
December 2025
As a migrant, Bondi shows why citizenship must be an earned privilege
To ensure every citizen has a stake in our future, Australia should consider introducing one year of compulsory national service.
Trump urged Europe to halt migrant ‘decay’. Leaders are now scrambling
Far-right political parties seized on the US president’s withering tirade this week, and most European nations just backed tougher measures to deport migrants.
November 2025
Australia’s immigration debate is not immune to populism
The key to a successful immigration program is broad-based community support that prevents the issue from becoming a political lightning rod.
October 2025
Britain’s instability will cost it more than any rich tax
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and far-right Reform leader Nigel Farage are both grappling with issues of race politically that could bring down the government.
Why the Coalition can’t win without losing itself
The Coalition faces not a messaging challenge but a structural impossibility. Voters abandoning them won’t be satisfied by marginally tougher rhetoric.
Mass migration or three-year low? Clearing up the data confusion
The government says net migration is declining, while protesters claim the opposite. Who is right? It comes down to the interpretation of two different ABS measures.
September 2025
From Brexit to border chaos, Britain’s patience has snapped
The UK government has admitted the protesters against illegal immigration aren’t generally racist, they are just British people who feel ignored and betrayed.
Europe shouldn’t shoot the Trump messenger on immigration
If mainstream parties do not control borders and respond to legitimate concerns, people will be encouraged to vote for populist anti-migrant alternatives.
August 2025
Starmer faces fresh crisis after asylum-seeker hotel ruling
The UK government is bracing for a fresh challenge over where to house asylum-seekers, amid growing support for Nigel Farage’s anti-immigration UK Reform party.
July 2025
UK’s Afghan cover-up shows why no one trusts politicians
The row over the secret resettlement of thousands of Afghans highlights the shambles Labour has made of illegal migration.
June 2025
Illegal boat arrivals increasing as smugglers change tack
At least 10 boats containing up to 183 people have been intercepted since the start of the financial year, according to data published by Home Affairs.
May 2025
Why Afrikaners are the only refugees welcome in Trump’s America
The US president’s decision to grant refugee status to white South Africans has been criticised as a double standard rooted in race.
I took my mother back to Vietnam. It changed my life
Forty-four years after fleeing in a packed boat, AFR’s head of podcast Lap Phan’s journey through his mother’s homeland proves a revelation for them both.
April 2025
Meet the former Italian model running for One Nation
Bianca Colecchia, 32, says the first question she usually gets at pre-poll booths is: ‘How can you run for One Nation when you are a migrant yourself?’
January 2025
Trump’s Palestinian refugee idea falls flat with Arab allies
Middle East nations rejected Donald Trump’s idea to resettle Gaza’s population as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in the enclave held after a major crisis.
October 2024
Australia’s latest hot export to Europe isn’t a product. It’s an idea
The rise of populist parties and the struggle to deter, process or deport illegal migrants has pushed Europe ever closer to Australia’s Nauru solution.
