Manus

A pink sign reading "SOS EVACUATE MANUS" is held up by a protester.

They lived in limbo in Australian offshore camps for years. Now they call the US home.

Conflict

The United States and Australia struck a deal back in 2016. The US agreed to accept about 1,200 refugees from Australia’s offshore detention centers. In return, Australia would resettle refugees from Central America.

a cartoon drawn by cartoonist Eaten Fish that shows a map of Russia with a sad face, a tear in one eye and the words "I am only a refugee" wit the "I" in the shape of a fishbone.

How Eaten Fish survived four years in refugee detention with his cartoons, social media and a network of activist friends

Media
Some 600 asylum seekers at the Manus Island detention center in Papua New Guinea have refused to leave after Australian and Papua New Guinean officials formally shut down the camp and cut off power at the camp on October 31st.

Critics warn of a humanitarian crisis for 600 asylum-seekers in an offshore Australian detention camp

Conflict
Refugee advocates hold placards and banners during a protest in Sydney on October 5, 2016.

Is the Australian government enabling crimes against humanity in its offshore detention centers?

Justice