Despite expecting to have the repatriation of failed asylum seekers raised during talks with Iran, Trade Minister Steve Ciobo says the topic never came up. Mr Ciobo met with a number of Iranian ministers during a two-day visit leading a trade mission with Australian companies. But he insists there were no discussions around Iran accepting the ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Australia to treat refugees within the bounds of international law. We hope that Australia would treat asylum seekers within the framework of international laws and regulations as this issue is important to all of us on humanitarian grounds, President Rouhani said Sunday at a meeting ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia hopes to send thousands of Iranian asylum seekers back to their homeland under a new deal with Tehran, Australian officials said Wednesday. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop's negotiations with her Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif were well advanced on a deal expected to be signed next week that would lift Tehran's ...

A third of the Europe-bound refugees making perilous sea crossings from Turkey to Greece are now children, the United Nations (UN) says, adding that there are more children and women on the move than adult males. Children currently account for 36 percent of those risking the treacherous sea crossing between Greece and Turkey, spokeswoman for ...