APODs were originally conceived as a more sensitive alternative for vulnerable people with needs that immigration detention ... the data in an interactive map of Australia's hidden detention ...

700 Vietnam-born people in Australia. The majority are students. Some are former South Vietnamese Government officials and their families are resettled at the request of the US Government.

Australia has formalised its immigration arrangements with Vietnam, signing a memorandum of understanding in December despite cases of asylum seekers alleging abuse on their return. A spokesman ...

as Canberra enforces a tough immigration policy. The asylum-seekers were found by customs and navy vessels north of Australia earlier this month before being transferred to amphibious landing ship ...